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Mark Sewards

Labour Leeds South West and Morley

Voting record

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Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Mark Sewards’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Mark Sewards — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 460 of 590 (78%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Mark Sewards — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mark Sewards →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

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)

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

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)

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)

Education

Name of donor: Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London SW1A 2HU
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights + visas (£965.88), transport (£171.37), accommodation (£690.28), food and miscellaneous (£191.37), value £2,018.90
Destination of visit: Egypt
Dates of visit: 16 August 2026 to 21 August 2026
Purpose of visit: Cross-party visit to Egypt to engage with international organisations and political and civil society stakeholders on shared UK-Egypt priorities, in the UK’s national interest.
(Registered 2 September 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Mark Sewards yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Mark Sewards has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£240,342.24 paid out to or for Mark Sewards across 326 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Mark Sewards’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £136,338.22 (2 claims)
Accommodation — £44,929.09 (77 claims)
Office Costs — £44,348.03 (241 claims)
MP Travel — £9,321.81 (2 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,920.35 (3 claims)
Dependant Travel — £484.74 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £215.70, 2026-03-31 — Gas
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £152.84, 2026-03-27 — Landline & internet package
Utilities — £59.77, 2026-03-16 — Electricity
Postage & couriers — £3,232.00, 2026-03-12 — DLM DISTRIBUTION LTD [200013613-11712]
Hotel - Direct Supply — £561.00, 2026-03-09 — Parliamentary Business Travel [200013646-35]
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £117.72, 2026-03-06 — [200013613-3568]
Stationery & printing — £3,232.00, 2026-03-06 — DLM DISTRIBUTION LTD [200013613-3567]
Hotel - London — £185.00, 2026-03-04 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-10973]

Every claim on file for Mark Sewards →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Mark Sewards — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Mark Sewards’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Mark Sewards is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals, Coroners and Bereavement — Officer
Declared funding: GK Strategy (£19,501-21,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parents — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Parentkind (£4,501-6,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Yorkshire Leaders Board (£10,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: GK Strategy — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals, Coroners and Bereavement).

GK Strategy — about £20,250.50, 1 group
Yorkshire Leaders Board — about £10,000.00, 1 group
Parentkind — about £5,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Mark Sewards personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Mark Sewards is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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