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Mark Sewards vs Chris Elmore

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

Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley
vs
Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Chris Elmore voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

333 same votes 0 different votes 333 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
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% 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
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
239
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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