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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.


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
208
+126.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
177
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Contributions
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API