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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 389 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 381 different votes 389 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
23 Aye 15 No
Migration 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 3% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,583
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
735
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
848
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

103
+36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
Appearances
84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
282
+164.2 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
264
+146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 45 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API