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Stephen Doughty vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,037 different votes 1,092 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
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
97
+36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
267
+158.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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