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Mark Sewards vs Tom Tugendhat

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 Tugendhat
Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 233 different votes 240 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
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
40 Aye 21 No
Tax 2% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% 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
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
45
5 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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API