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Rushanara Ali vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,226 different votes 1,283 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
34 Aye 29 No
Trade 11% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 63 No
Migration 3% aligned 90 shared votes
62 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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