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Emma Hardy vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,339 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,294 different votes 1,339 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 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
63 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 131 shared votes
68 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 160 shared votes
60 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,487
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
805
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
682
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
394
+255.7 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 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 Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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