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Mr Mark Francois vs Simon Lightwood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 420 different votes 429 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 15 No
Migration 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 3% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 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 459 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 650
1,635
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,117 eligible divisions
764
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
871
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

147
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Appearances
96
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
434
+275.5 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
225
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
38 of 42 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API