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Mark Sewards vs Mr Toby Perkins

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 2 different votes 380 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
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
489
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,772
2,417 eligible divisions
233
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
55.1% of votes cast
256
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
796
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

199
+104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
109
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
210
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
167
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API