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Mr Mark Francois vs Sam Carling

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 Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Sam Carling voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 331 different votes 335 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
286
51.7% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
267
48.3% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
71
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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 212 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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