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Mark Sewards vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Ian Roome voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 198 different votes 260 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
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 8% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Contributions
122
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API