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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 404 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 395 different votes 404 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
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
12 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
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

67.8%
4% below average
Rank 455 of 649
Participation
65.2%
6% below average
Rank 501 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
704
1,079 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
384
54.5% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
320
45.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

122
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Appearances
93
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
356
+217.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
245
+106.3 vs Commons average
Rank 83 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

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