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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 431 shared comparable votes.

431 same votes 0 different votes 431 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

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
867
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26% above average
7
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
65 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 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 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API