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Afzal Khan vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan
Lab Manchester Rusholme
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,446 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,403 different votes 1,446 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
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
76 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
24 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 7 No
Education 2% aligned 45 shared votes
8 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 2% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 241 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,620
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
913
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
707
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

35
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
42
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
52 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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