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Mark Sewards vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 454 shared comparable votes.

449 same votes 5 different votes 454 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
49 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
49 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
49 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
478
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
579
620 eligible divisions
225
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
49.7% of votes cast
253
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

191
+100.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Appearances
77
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
202
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
94
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API