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Mark Sewards vs Laura Trott

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 Laura Trott
Laura Trott
Con Sevenoaks

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Laura Trott voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 231 different votes 242 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
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,658 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
640
51.8% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
595
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
52
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 503 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
£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£284,794
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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