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Mark Sewards vs Andy Slaughter

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
vs
Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Andy Slaughter voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 0 different votes 420 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
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
81.8 %
9 % above average
Rank 163 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,932
2,361 eligible divisions
210
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,073
55.5 % of votes cast
236
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
859
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

152
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
87
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
164
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
120
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
64 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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