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Mark Sewards vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 267 different votes 273 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
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% 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
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API