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Mark Sewards vs Mr Peter Bedford

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 Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 322 different votes 338 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
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 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
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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