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Chris Law vs Mark Sewards

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Mark Sewards voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 130 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 81 different votes 130 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
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 43% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 17% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 43% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
46.5% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API