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Mark Sewards vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 0 different votes 411 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
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 261 of 647
Participation
90.7 %
18 % above average
Rank 16 of 647
417
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
537 eligible divisions
195
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.1 % of votes cast
222
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
248
50.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 647
Appearances
104
+40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 647
92
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 647
Contributions
114
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24 % 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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API