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Mark Sewards vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 315 different votes 323 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
47 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
31 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
82.0 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 650
432
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,921
2,344 eligible divisions
201
46.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3 % of votes cast
231
53.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,013
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

133
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
110
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
138
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
201
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
60 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API