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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.

Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
vs
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 288 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 284 different votes 288 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
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 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 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 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

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
1,605
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
582 eligible divisions
745
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.1% of votes cast
860
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.9% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
358
+218.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
110
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649

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
3
2 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 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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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