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Claire Young vs Mark Sewards

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Mark Sewards voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 262 different votes 337 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
46.5% of votes cast
201
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
166
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
169
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
177
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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