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Mark Sewards vs James MacCleary

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 James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and James MacCleary voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 224 different votes 280 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 6% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 13% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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 257 of 649
Participation
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 564 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
351
575 eligible divisions
210
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
51.0 % of votes cast
236
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
172
49.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
164
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
103
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£188,021
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£188,021
17 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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