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Mark Sewards vs Jack Abbott

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 Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Jack Abbott voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 2 different votes 414 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
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
91.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 650
432
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
558 eligible divisions
201
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
49.9 % of votes cast
231
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
255
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
20
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
140
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
27
-97.8 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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
£181,106
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,106
20 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
49 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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