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Mark Sewards vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 6 different votes 219 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
29 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 650
491
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,515
2,422 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
868
57.3% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
647
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

202
+105.0 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Appearances
65
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
213
+43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
407
+237.8 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
181 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API