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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 273 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 267 different votes 273 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
466
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
237
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
229
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
7
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
57
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
39 of 39 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
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API