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Steve Darling vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

175 same votes 51 different votes 226 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
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 96% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 65% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API