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Barry Gardiner vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,413 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,363 different votes 1,413 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
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 117 shared votes
59 Aye 58 No
98 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 166 shared votes
68 Aye 98 No
34 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 2% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 196 shared votes
65 Aye 131 No
31 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 479 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
12
4 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

Trade
76 of 88 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Transport
74 of 87 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 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
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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