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Mark Sewards vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 251 different votes 255 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 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 261 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 650
436
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,453
2,351 eligible divisions
204
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
45.4 % of votes cast
232
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
793
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

139
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Appearances
63
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
150
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
86
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
68 of 89 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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