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Mark Sewards vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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 Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 5 different votes 416 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
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
478
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
620 eligible divisions
225
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
48.7% of votes cast
253
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
51.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
1.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

198
+105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Appearances
72
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
209
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
102
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye 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
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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