A selection of Mark Francois's votes

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• Generally voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, between 2011–2016
• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 20 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2019
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2004–2011
• Generally voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2013–2016
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2016
• Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2019

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Recent appearances

• Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Early parliamentary general election 29 Oct 2019

  I want to make a couple of points. First, next week is Parliament Week, and many schools already have arrangements to talk to their pupils about Parliament. That could be enlivened if by then we are in the middle of a general election. Secondly, in Rayleigh we recently experimented with establishing a polling station in the Travellers Joy pub. We had a by-election there recently against the...

• Health and Social Care: Topical Questions 29 Oct 2019

  Mr Speaker, you won. Although we have not agreed on everything in the 18 years I have been in the House, I say most earnestly, from one midget to another, that I wish you a long and happy retirement. Following the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess), I point out that the individual he mentioned moved from being the accountable officer of the Southend CCG...

• Defence: Defence Industry 21 Oct 2019

  Although the bulk of its work in the United Kingdom is civilian, Airbus also does some military work—for instance, on the A400M transport aircraft. More importantly, leaving aside the problems with that aircraft, which are dreadful and multifarious, the current chief executive, Guillaume Faury, and his predecessor both threatened to withdraw up to 14,000 jobs in the United Kingdom if we...

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Profile

Former Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford

Entered the House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Rayleigh

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• https://facebook.com/Mark-Francois

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mark Francois campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Health
• Defence
• Departmental Expenditure
• Gershon Review
• Departments: Furniture
• Departmental Fixed Assets
• Departments: Recruitment

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Defence Sub-Committee (12 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Defence Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Minister of State (Communities and Local Government) (8 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (6 Sep 2012 to 8 May 2015)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011)
• Member, Administration Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 22 Oct 2012)
• Member, Committee of Selection (21 Jun 2010 to 9 May 2013)
• Government Whip (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Europe) (3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Paymaster General (10 May 2005 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) (10 May 2004 to 10 May 2005)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 May 2002 to 10 May 2004)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Jul 2005)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
• Human Tissue Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
• Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• Health Protection Agency Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (31 out of 32)
• Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (9 out of 12)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Industrial and Provident Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Commonwealth Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 76 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Mark Francois’s speeches
• Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 87.69% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 89 people are tracking this MP
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 597 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)