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Mark Sewards vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Blair McDougall voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 9 different votes 378 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
56 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
491
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
636 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.8% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

201
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
212
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
345
+177.8 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API