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Sarah Smith vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 213 different votes 224 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
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
14
3.8% 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

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
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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