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Catherine Atkinson vs Mark Sewards

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Mark Sewards voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 9 different votes 396 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
508
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
635 eligible divisions
260
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.9% of votes cast
248
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
256
52.1% of votes cast
15
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
201
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
200
+32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
212
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API