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Mr Mark Francois vs Torsten Bell

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 Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Torsten Bell voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 253 different votes 254 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
53.4% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.6% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Appearances
77
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
416
+262.6 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
209
+55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
3 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 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
9 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API