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Last 12 months

How Mark Francois votes

Mark Francois voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 132 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Mark Francois has 4 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesRailscape Group Ltd - £700.0017 Sep 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to United States between 21 April 2026 and 25 April 20265 May 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 202618 Mar 2026
Employment and earningsWriting a book–

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Mark Francois asked 90 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Defence77
Department of Health and Social Care6
Northern Ireland Office3
Department for Transport2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government1

Latest questions

18 May 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Answered 17 Jun 2026
18 May 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Answered 4 Jun 2026
18 May 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 1 Jun 2026
18 May 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 1 Jun 2026
18 May 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 1 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£26,445
Office costs · claims for running an office£7,643
Staffing · claims relating to staff£6,000
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£12,801

79 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Mark Francois represents Rayleigh and Wickford. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Mark Francois

Conservative

MAJORITY
5,621

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Mark Francois won with 37% of the votes, and Grant Randall (Reform UK) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Conservative37% · 17,756
Reform UK25% · 12,135
Labour25% · 11,823
Liberal Democrat8% · 4,068
Green Party5% · 2,196
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mark FrancoisConservative17,75637.0%
Grant RandallReform UK12,13525.3%
James HedgesLabour11,82324.6%
Stewart MottLiberal Democrat4,0688.5%
Chris TaylorGreen Party2,1964.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£857 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
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Jan 26100%100%
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Mar 26100%100%
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this