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Mark Sewards vs Steve Yemm

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 Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Steve Yemm voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 0 different votes 434 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
49 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
49 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
49 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
270
49.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
105
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
39 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
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