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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 1,320 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,275 different votes 1,320 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
29 Aye 13 No
Education 2% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 160 shared votes
60 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 412 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,463
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
793
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
670
45.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
160
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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
44 % below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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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