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Mark Sewards vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 350 different votes 358 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
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
49 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
49.1% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API