Mr Mark Francois
MP since 7 Jun 2001
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The Rt Hon Mr Mark Francois is the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Defence).
1611
Votes Cast
N/A
Expenses
5,621
Majority
37.0%
Vote Share
Expenses
No expense data available.
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 47,978 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
603
Written Questions
2
Oral Questions
157
Debates Spoken In⚑
426
Speeches⚑
337
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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4 NOPension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
2 NOChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2 votes · 15 Apr 2026
4 NOCrime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
4 votes · 14 Apr 2026
2 AYEOpposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Opposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
2 AYEOpposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
Opposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
3 AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
4 NOChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 9 Mar 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 9 Mar 2026
Financial Interests(4)
Visits outside the UK
Pyne and Partners
£3,218
Visits outside the UK
Pyne and Partners
- Name of donor
- Pyne and Partners
- Address of donor
- Suite 2 10 Bourke Street Barton, ACT 2600, Australia
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (approx £3,217.62) Accommodation (approx £447.13) approx, value £3,664.75
- Destination of visit
- United States (Washington DC)
- Dates of visit
- 8 April 2025 to 12 April 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Speaking at the AUKUS Defence Conference, in Washington DC.
Registered 6 May 2025
Visits outside the UK
Defence24
£420
Visits outside the UK
Defence24
- Name of donor
- Defence24
- Address of donor
- 18 Foksal Street, 00-372 Warsaw, Poland
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£420.20), hotel Accommodation (£138), value £558.20
- Destination of visit
- Poland
- Dates of visit
- 4 May 2025 to 7 May 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Speaking at the Defence24 Days Conference in Warsaw
Registered 19 May 2025
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
£128
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
- Name of donor
- UK Friends of Ukraine
- Address of donor
- 62 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Food (£127.92) and transport (£270.08), value £398
- Destination of visit
- Ukraine and Moldova
- Dates of visit
- 19 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
- Purpose of visit
- Show support and solidarity with the people of Ukraine and meet with officials, including attending the Commemoration Ceremony of the 4th Anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, on 24th February 2026.
Registered 18 March 2026
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
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Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- Role, work or services
- Writing a book
- Payer
- Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Amazon.com Inc, 410 Terry Avenue, North Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Mr in Parliament
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government of Mauritius will assume responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in the Chagos Islands once t
British Indian Ocean Territory: Espionage
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of all people (a) intercepted and (b) detained in the British Indian Ocean Territory were
RFA Fort Victoria
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for when RFA Fort Victoria will rejoin the active fleet.
Boeing E-7: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason has the signature of the full business case for the E-7 Wedgetail programme been delayed.
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any payments related to a Chagos Islands agreement will be funded from his Department's budget; and whether such payments will be front-loaded in the
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, what the total cost to the public purse w
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, what steps the Government plans to take to fund t
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, on what percentage of economic growth in the
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, what proportion of additional defence spendi
Boeing E-7: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Chief Executive and (b) senior executives of Boeing on the E-7 Wedgetail programme.
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