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Chris Evans vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,505 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,443 different votes 1,505 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
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No
73 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 147 shared votes
75 Aye 72 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
112 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 21 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 392 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
927
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
737
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
17
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

11
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
15
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
6
4 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

Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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