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Mark Sewards vs James Murray

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 Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 0 different votes 315 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
45 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
45 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
45 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 44 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API