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Peter Fortune vs Mark Sewards

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

Photograph of Peter Fortune
Peter Fortune
Con Bromley and Biggin Hill
vs
Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley

Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Mark Sewards voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 326 different votes 336 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
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
46.5% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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