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Mark Sewards vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 0 different votes 409 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 261 of 647
Participation
84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 115 of 647
417
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,357
1,605 eligible divisions
195
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
726
53.5 % of votes cast
222
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
631
46.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

89
+25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 647
Appearances
77
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 647
92
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API