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Mark Sewards vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 0 different votes 289 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
21 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
60
-85.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API