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Olivia Blake vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 789 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 770 different votes 789 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
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 14% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 57 No
Migration 2% aligned 82 shared votes
57 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
630
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
563
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
43
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 648
Contributions
266
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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

Education
65 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
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
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