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Mark Sewards vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Ben Maguire voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 222 different votes 280 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 7% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 12% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 650
Participation
60.7%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 650
465
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
595 eligible divisions
216
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
54.6% of votes cast
249
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
164
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

168
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
99
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
179
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
Contributions
115
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API