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Mark Sewards vs Dame Diana Johnson

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 Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 0 different votes 346 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
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
940
56.9% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
711
43.1% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
67
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API