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Mark Sewards vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Keir Mather voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 0 different votes 345 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
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
50 of 52 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API