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Mr Mark Francois vs Sir James Cleverly

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

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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
vs
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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

1,310 same votes 28 different votes 1,338 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
59 Aye 123 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
59 Aye 123 No
39 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 33 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 94% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
43 Aye 25 No
Migration 94% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
65 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 190 shared votes
69 Aye 121 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 97% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 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 457 of 650
Participation
69.8%
3% below average
Rank 427 of 650
1,644
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,417 eligible divisions
766
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.9% of votes cast
878
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
896
53.1% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Appearances
57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
441
+276.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 98 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 94 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
Aye
No rebel
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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