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Mark Sewards vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 317 different votes 329 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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