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Mark Sewards vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
67 of 77 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API