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Mark Sewards vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Ruth Jones voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

424 same votes 3 different votes 427 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
25 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 99% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.1%
5% above average
Rank 265 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
478
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
225
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
52.0% of votes cast
253
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
650
48.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

201
+108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Appearances
61
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
212
+50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Contributions
86
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API