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Mr Mark Francois vs Sonia Kumar

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
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Photograph of Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 312 different votes 316 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
112
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
129
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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