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Mark Sewards vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Liz Kendall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

229 same votes 0 different votes 229 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
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

166
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
35
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
177
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
483
+336.1 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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