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Mark Sewards

Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley, since 4 July 2024

Mark Sewards is the Labour MP for Leeds South West and Morley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

77.6% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
446 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
129 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
211 Debates spoken in 196 written questions tabled

Ranked 225 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Aye 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Aye 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Neural Voice AI
Address of donor: 8 Newcastle Close, Drighlington, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, BD11 1DF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The creation and hosting of an AI voice assistant, value £3,000
Date received: 5 August 2025
Date accepted: 5 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15208364
(Registered 1 September 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Leeds United Football Club
Address of donor: Elland Road, Leeds LS11 0ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Single ticket, with hospitality in the Chairman's Suite,to watch Premier League home fixture LUFC vs Wolves, value £480
Date received: 18 April 2026
Date accepted: 18 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 06233875
(Registered 6 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Name of donor: The Premier League
Address of donor: Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for Leeds v Arsenal Football Match at Elland Rd Stadium, Leeds, value £386.86
Date received: 31 January 2026
Date accepted: 31 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02719699
(Registered 18 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, c/o Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 1AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Outward flight to Brunei, as part of the AFPS programme., value £551.29
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme educational visit to Brunei
(Registered 22 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Labour Friends of Israel Ltd
Address of donor: BM LFI, London WC1N 3XX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Transport, accommodation and meals, value £2,950
Destination of visit: Israel and Bahrain
Dates of visit: 25 January 2026 to 29 January 2026
Purpose of visit: Delegation to Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Meetings with politicians, academics, activists and diplomats.
(Registered 13 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine
Address of donor: 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth, England, PO6 3BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Pass for Yes Conference, Transfers, food & drink, value £770.04
Destination of visit: Ukraine (Kyiv)
Dates of visit: 10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Parliamentary Delegation to attend the YES Conference.
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

211 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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