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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.

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
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 1,202 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,143 different votes 1,202 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
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 162 shared votes
55 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 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,351
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
784
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
567
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
25
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

37
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 648
Appearances
107
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
23
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 648
Contributions
115
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 648

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
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

Devolution / Local Government
50 of 65 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
31 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 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
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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: 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
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
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