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Mark Francois

Conservative - Rayleigh and Wickford

5,621 (11.7%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 7th June 2001


Mark Francois is not a member of any APPGs
3 Former APPG memberships
Bahrain, Defence and Security Issues, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
Public Accounts Committee
25th May 2021 - 30th May 2024
Defence Sub-Committee
5th Mar 2020 - 30th May 2024
Defence Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 30th May 2024
British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill
20th Mar 2024 - 17th Apr 2024
Defence Committee
11th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Defence Sub-Committee
12th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Minister of State (Communities and Local Government)
8th May 2015 - 17th Jul 2016
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
6th Sep 2012 - 8th May 2015
Committee of Selection
21st Jun 2010 - 9th May 2013
Administration Committee
26th Jul 2010 - 22nd Oct 2012
Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
12th May 2010 - 6th Sep 2012
Armed Forces Bill Committee
17th Jan 2011 - 8th Mar 2011
Shadow Minister (Europe)
3rd Jul 2007 - 6th May 2010
Shadow Paymaster General
10th May 2005 - 3rd Jul 2007
Environmental Audit Committee
16th Jul 2001 - 12th Jul 2005
Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury)
10th May 2004 - 10th May 2005
Opposition Whip (Commons)
10th May 2002 - 10th May 2004


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Mark Francois has voted in 7 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Catherine West (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(5 debate interactions)
Rachel Reeves (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
(4 debate interactions)
James Cartlidge (Conservative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
(3 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(4 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Budget Responsibility Bill 2024-26
(68 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Mark Francois

4th March 2024
Mark Francois signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 20th March 2024

Future defence spending

Tabled by: Giles Watling (Conservative - Clacton)
That this House calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to require that a minimum of 3% of GDP be allocated to defence spending; recognises that defence spending is at a three-year high but should be protected to prevent economic downturns from impacting the defence budget adversely; believes …
6 signatures
(Most recent: 23 Apr 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
1st February 2023
Mark Francois signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 1st February 2023

Exiting the European Union (No. 2)

Tabled by: Jeffrey M Donaldson (Independent - Lagan Valley)
TThat this House calls upon the Government to withdraw the Official Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 17) because they are injurious to the integrity of the UK Internal Market in circumstances where the Northern Ireland Protocol has not been replaced by new arrangements that respect and protect …
19 signatures
(Most recent: 7 Feb 2023)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 11
Democratic Unionist Party: 7
Independent: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Mark Francois, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Mark Francois has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Mark Francois has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

2 Bills introduced by Mark Francois


A Bill to make provision about the regulation of roadworks; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 30th November 2022
(Read Debate)

A Bill to set penalties for overrunning roadworks; to make requirements regarding the duration, timing and coordination of roadworks; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Wednesday 5th February 2020

Latest 6 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
29th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to develop a best practice pathway for (a) leukaemia and (b) other blood cancers.

NHS England has implemented non-symptom specific pathways for patients who present with symptoms that can indicate several different cancers, including leukaemia. An NHS England national evaluation showed blood cancers are one of the most common cancer types diagnosed through these pathways.

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
29th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the evaluation of non-specific pathways will include granular blood cancer data.

Raising awareness, delivering more research, including into new treatments, and improving early diagnosis of cancers, which includes blood related cancers such as leukaemia, are crucial for improving cancer survival.

NHS England has implemented non-symptom specific pathways for patients who present with non-specific symptoms, or combinations thereof, that can indicate several different cancers. This includes leukaemia, which can present non-specific symptoms, such as unexpected weight loss and night sweats. Using its national evaluation, NHS England has determined that blood cancers are one of the most common cancer types diagnosed through these pathways.

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
29th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to implement a cancer strategy over the course of this Parliament.

Professor Lord Darzi is currently undertaking an independent investigation into the state of the National Health Service, the findings of which will feed into the Government’s 10-year plan to build a health service that is fit for the future. The Government will set out any further priorities on cancer and health in due course.

The NHS Long-Term Plan, published in January 2019, sets out the NHS’s key ambitions on cancer. The plan sets out the ambition to increase the number of cancers diagnosed at stage one and two to 75% by 2028, and to increase the number of people surviving cancer for five years by 55,000 as a result.

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
29th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of five-year survival rates for (a) acute myeloid leukaemia and (b) other leukaemias.

The age-standardised, one-year net survival for adults, those aged 15 to 99 years old, diagnosed with leukaemia between 2016 and 2020 in England was 74.4%, and the five-year survival rate was 55.9%.

NHS England has implemented non symptom specific pathways for patients who present with non-specific symptoms or combinations thereof, that can indicate several different cancers. This includes leukaemia, which can present non-specific symptoms, such as unexpected weight loss and night sweats. The national evaluation showed that blood cancers are one of the most common cancer types diagnosed through these pathways.

Raising awareness, delivering more research, including into new treatments, and improving early diagnosis of cancers, which includes blood related cancers such as leukaemia, are crucial for improving cancer survival.

Cancer patients are being failed, waiting too long for a diagnosis and treatment. We will bring down waits for cancer appointments with the Fit For the Future fund, doubling the number of state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in the National Health Service to ensure early diagnosis and faster treatment.

Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
29th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of leukaemia patients were offered a holistic needs assessment in the last 12 months.

NHS England has committed to ensuring that all cancer patients have access to a Holistic Needs Assessment, ensuring care is focused on what matters most to each person.

The 2023 England National Cancer Patient Experience Survey indicates the proportion of people with Leukaemia who reported having had a discussion with a member of the team looking after them, before their treatment started, about their needs or concerns was 72.6%. For people with Leukaemia, a further 24.5% said they had the discussion to some extent, and a total of 97.1% reported having had a discussion.

Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)