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Mark Sewards vs Stephen Kinnock

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
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Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 0 different votes 378 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
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
443
+297.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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