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Mark Sewards vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Helen Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 9 different votes 420 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
55 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
55 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
55 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
491
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,923
2,419 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,057
55.0% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
866
45.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

201
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
119
+22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
212
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
138
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 68 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API