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Mark Sewards vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 332 different votes 339 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
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
489
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
233
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
256
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

199
+104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
210
+45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API