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Dan Carden vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,275 different votes 1,316 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
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 72 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
71 Aye 24 No
52 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
59 Aye 51 No
36 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 25 No
Transport 2% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
808
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
652
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
37
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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
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
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