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Mark Sewards vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Julia Lopez voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 332 different votes 338 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
38 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
38 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

165
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
177
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
Contributions
35
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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