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Sarah Smith vs Mark Sewards

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mark Sewards voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 8 different votes 339 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
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
636 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.9% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
52.1% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
201
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
212
+44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API