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Chris Law vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,047 different votes 1,115 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
108 Aye 71 No
Tax 25% aligned 179 shared votes
65 Aye 114 No
9 Aye 14 No
Energy 22% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 96 No
Migration 0% aligned 128 shared votes
96 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
671
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
543
44.7 % 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

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
66
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
8
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
61 of 88 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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 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: 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
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
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API