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Derek Twigg vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,223 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
13 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
68 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 116 shared votes
49 Aye 67 No
97 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 144 shared votes
48 Aye 96 No
27 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 164 shared votes
57 Aye 107 No
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% 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
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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