Voting Record — Mark Francois MP, Rayleigh and Wickford (10901)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Con 1 vote out of 683, 0.1% 683 votes out of 776, 88.0% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectMark FrancoisCon VoteRôle
Commons13 Oct 2011Use of hand-held electronic devices and social media in the chamber (Backbench Business) minorityno Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign Affairs
27 Jul 2009Became Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign Affairs
27 Jul 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister for Europe, Foreign Affairs
19 Jan 2009Became Shadow Minister for Europe, Foreign Affairs
19 Jan 2009Stopped being Shadow Minister, Foreign Affairs
6 Jul 2007Became Shadow Minister, Foreign Affairs
6 Jul 2007Stopped being Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign Affairs
27 Mar 2007Stopped being Shadow Minister, Treasury
27 Mar 2007Became Shadow Minister (Europe), Foreign Affairs
20 May 2005Became Shadow Minister, Treasury
20 May 2005Stopped being Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
20 Oct 2004Stopped being Assistant Chief Whip, Whips
9 Sep 2004Became Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
28 May 2004Became a member of the Environmental Audit Committee
10 May 2004Became Assistant Chief Whip, Whips

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
83% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0% Ban fox hunting
76% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
89% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17% European Union - For
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
11% Fully Elected House of Lords
75% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
4% Homosexuality - Equal rights
8% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Increase VAT
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
93% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39% No detention without charge or trial
0% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
30% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
71% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
58% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
85% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
88% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Right to strike
96% Schools - Greater Autonomy
28% Smoking ban - In favour
84% Stop climate change
88% Termination of pregnancy - against
16% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
74% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
43% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92% University education fees - Should be free
44% University Tuition Fees - For
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
17% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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