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Sarah Russell vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 307 different votes 310 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 650
Participation
67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
512
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
258
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
764
46.8% of votes cast
254
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
870
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

100
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
149
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
2
2 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
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