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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 145 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 144 different votes 145 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 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 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 648
Participation
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 476 of 648
406
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,399
2,057 eligible divisions
193
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.5 % of votes cast
213
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
706
50.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

81
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 648
86
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 648
Contributions
208
+98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648

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
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
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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