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Mark Sewards vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 350 different votes 359 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
38 Aye 49 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
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

166
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
151
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
177
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
180
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 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