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Mr Mark Francois vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,392 shared comparable votes.

1,356 same votes 36 different votes 1,392 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
67 Aye 129 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
67 Aye 129 No
35 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 43 No
Education 100% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 31 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 93% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
56 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 161 shared votes
60 Aye 101 No
62 Aye 27 No
Migration 94% aligned 89 shared votes
59 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,422 eligible divisions
768
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
48.1% of votes cast
881
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
974
51.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
128
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
54 of 68 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API