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Mark Sewards vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 9 different votes 388 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 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
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 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
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
491
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
997
56.0% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
782
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

201
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
159
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
212
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
284
+116.8 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API