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Mark Sewards vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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 Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 318 different votes 324 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
432
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
558 eligible divisions
201
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
196
46.8 % of votes cast
231
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
223
53.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
191
+120.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
138
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
257
+132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 33 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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