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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 928 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 887 different votes 928 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
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 9% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
110 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
61 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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