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Mr Mark Francois vs Seema Malhotra

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
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Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,143 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,089 different votes 1,143 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
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 24 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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