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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,179 different votes 1,249 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
120 Aye 75 No
Tax 21% aligned 195 shared votes
71 Aye 124 No
23 Aye 20 No
Energy 12% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 11% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 112 No
Migration 0% aligned 150 shared votes
112 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
161 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
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