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Mark Sewards vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 213 different votes 280 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 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 13% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Contributions
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
170 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API