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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 320 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 315 different votes 320 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
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 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
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 650
Participation
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
1,644
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
631 eligible divisions
766
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
51.6% of votes cast
878
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
255
48.4% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Appearances
82
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
441
+276.5 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
106
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 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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