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Mr Mark Francois vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Mark Francois and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,459 shared comparable votes.
1,436 same votes
23 different votes
1,459 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.0%
4% below average
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
1,644
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,417 eligible divisions
766
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
929
47.9% of votes cast
878
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.1% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
441
+276.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
121
-43.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API