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Mark Sewards vs Steve Race

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 Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Steve Race voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 0 different votes 402 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
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
506
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
53.2% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
237
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API