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Mark Sewards vs Louise Haigh

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 Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Lab Sheffield Heeley

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Louise Haigh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

292 same votes 0 different votes 292 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
27 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 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
65.0%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
57.4% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
658
42.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
230
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£226,069
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
64 of 77 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
70 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API