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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 301 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 294 different votes 301 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

164
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
168
+86.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
175
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Contributions
188
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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