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Mr Mark Francois vs Rachel Blake

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 Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Rachel Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 283 different votes 288 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
3
2 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
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