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Mr Mark Francois vs Peter Dowd

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

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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,110 different votes 1,158 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
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 11% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
42 Aye 24 No
Migration 6% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
5 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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