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Mark Sewards vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 157 different votes 158 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
277
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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