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Dame Diana Johnson vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Dame Diana Johnson and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,469 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,427 different votes 1,469 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
7 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
80 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
64 Aye 79 No
112 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
64 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
128 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 193 shared votes
65 Aye 128 No
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
77 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 439 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,641
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
936
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
705
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

26
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£246,131
9 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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