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Mark Sewards vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 0 different votes 381 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 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
26 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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