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Mark Sewards vs Alicia Kearns

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

Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley
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Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 244 different votes 260 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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