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Mark Sewards vs Lola McEvoy

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 Lola McEvoy
Lola McEvoy
Lab Darlington

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Lola McEvoy voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 6 different votes 440 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
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 650
Participation
89.0%
17% above average
Rank 27 of 650
478
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
620 eligible divisions
225
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
49.3% of votes cast
253
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
280
50.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

197
+104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Appearances
48
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
208
+47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
61
-99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£195,928
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£195,928
13% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 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 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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
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