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Mark Sewards vs Tom Gordon

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 Tom Gordon
Tom Gordon
LD Harrogate and Knaresborough

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Tom Gordon voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 242 different votes 305 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 6% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
67.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
575 eligible divisions
210
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.0 % of votes cast
236
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
178
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

152
+74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Appearances
177
+99.0 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
164
+25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
255
+116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£217,333
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£217,333
4 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
25 of 31 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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