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Valerie Vaz vs Mr Mark Francois

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,274 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,274 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
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
110 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 172 shared votes
60 Aye 112 No
12 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 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

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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 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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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