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Mr Mark Francois

Rt Hon Mark Francois MP

Conservative · Rayleigh and Wickford · SS6 9QD

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyRayleigh and Wickford
First elected7 June 2001
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailmark.francois.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 8287

Election results

Results for Rayleigh and Wickford at the most recent general election.

Mark Francois
Conservative 17756 37.0%
Grant Randall
Reform UK 12135 25.3%
James Hedges
Labour 11823 24.6%
Stewart Mott
Liberal Democrat 4068 8.5%
Chris Taylor
Green Party 2196 4.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister of State (Communities and Local Government) 8 May 2015 17 July 2016
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) 6 September 2012 8 May 2015
Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) 12 May 2010 6 September 2012

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Defence) 6 November 2024 Present
Shadow Minister (Europe) 3 July 2007 6 May 2010
Shadow Paymaster General 10 May 2005 3 July 2007
Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) 10 May 2004 10 May 2005
Opposition Whip (Commons) 10 May 2002 10 May 2004

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Environmental Audit Committee 16 July 2001 12 July 2005
Administration Committee 26 July 2010 22 October 2012
Armed Forces Bill Committee 17 January 2011 8 March 2011
Defence Committee 2 March 2020 30 May 2024
Defence Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Defence Sub-Committee 5 March 2020 30 May 2024
Defence Sub-Committee 12 September 2017 6 November 2019
Public Accounts Committee 25 May 2021 30 May 2024
British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill 20 March 2024 17 April 2024
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 4 December 2024 12 December 2024
Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill 9 February 2026 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Rayleigh and Wickford Present
Rayleigh and Wickford Present
Rayleigh Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 7 June 2001 Present