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Mr Mark Francois vs Paulette Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 462 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 452 different votes 462 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
44 Aye 15 No
Migration 3% aligned 59 shared votes
13 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 55 No
Tax 2% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,583
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
735
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
848
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

103
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
282
+164.0 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 650
Contributions
70
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee of the whole House: Amendment 21 19 Apr 2023
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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