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Mark Sewards vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 0 different votes 407 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
46 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
62 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API