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Mark Sewards vs Shockat Adam

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
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Photograph of Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Shockat Adam voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

127 same votes 167 different votes 294 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
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 59% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
54.6% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
158
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£231,212
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£231,212
2% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Education
31 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API