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Mark Sewards vs Laurence Turner

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 Laurence Turner
Laurence Turner
Lab Birmingham Northfield

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Laurence Turner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 436 shared comparable votes.

428 same votes 8 different votes 436 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
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
48 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 650
Participation
87.0%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
491
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
633 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
49.9% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

199
+104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
210
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
118
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API