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Mr Mark Francois vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,074 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,028 different votes 1,074 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
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 9% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
60 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
106 Aye 62 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 92 No
Tax 0% aligned 126 shared votes
92 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 22 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No 97) 10 Feb 2021
Aye
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