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Mark Sewards vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 310 different votes 319 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API