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Mark Sewards vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 280 different votes 286 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
435
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,349 eligible divisions
203
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.2 % of votes cast
232
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
930
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

133
+62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
163
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
142
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
182
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API