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Mr Paul Foster vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 261 different votes 267 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 650
456
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,595
2,350 eligible divisions
231
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
742
46.5 % of votes cast
225
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
853
53.5 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

31
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Appearances
105
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
51
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
Contributions
315
+187.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 89 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API