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Mr Mark Francois vs Taiwo Owatemi

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
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 718 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 692 different votes 718 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
14 Aye 18 No
Trade 13% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 20 No
Housing 3% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
54 Aye 23 No
Migration 3% aligned 77 shared votes
21 Aye 56 No
39 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 75 shared votes
37 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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 466 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above 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 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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