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Angela Rayner vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

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

46 same votes 1,400 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
11 Aye 22 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
65 Aye 108 No
26 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 8 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
9 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
53 Aye 107 No
25 Aye 87 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
87 Aye 25 No
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
878
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
699
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£219,458
3% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
25
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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