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Samantha Dixon vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 370 different votes 375 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 3% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 33 No
Migration 2% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
735
999 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
361
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
374
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Migration
83 of 97 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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