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Mark Sewards vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Tim Farron voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 204 different votes 238 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 23% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
456
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,372 eligible divisions
211
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.8% of votes cast
245
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

158
+77.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Appearances
147
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
170
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
165
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API