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Mark Sewards vs Richard Foord

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 Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Richard Foord voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 210 different votes 259 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
654
1,072 eligible divisions
210
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
350
53.5 % of votes cast
236
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
304
46.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

152
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
164
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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