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Mark Sewards vs Lauren Edwards

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 Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 0 different votes 391 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 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
46 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
46 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
435
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
563 eligible divisions
203
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
49.9 % of votes cast
232
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
242
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
45
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
142
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
61
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API