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Mark Sewards vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 6 different votes 351 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
55 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
55 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 650
491
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,859
2,422 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.3% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
813
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

201
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
40
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
212
+44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Contributions
18
-149.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
83 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API