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Mr Mark Francois vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 262 different votes 265 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 469 of 647
Participation
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 150 of 647
1,582
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
537 eligible divisions
735
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.0 % of votes cast
847
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
48.0 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 647
Appearances
56
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 647
282
+168.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 647
Contributions
72
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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 211 votes
#1
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API