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Mr Mark Francois vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

1,295 same votes 40 different votes 1,335 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
58 Aye 104 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
58 Aye 104 No
39 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 40 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Migration 92% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
65 Aye 129 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 194 shared votes
70 Aye 124 No
6 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 19 No
Housing 98% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,649
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,422 eligible divisions
768
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
797
46.8% of votes cast
881
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
907
53.2% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
446
+279.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
64
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
198 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
54 of 68 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 98 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 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