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Cat Smith vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,448 different votes 1,497 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
22 Aye 21 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 25 No
Transport 5% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
69 Aye 109 No
71 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
77 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % 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

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
30
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
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
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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