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Mr Mark Francois vs Rushanara Ali

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
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Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,226 different votes 1,283 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
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 11% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
4 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
62 Aye 28 No
Migration 3% aligned 90 shared votes
27 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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