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Mark Sewards vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 0 different votes 375 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
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API