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Feryal Clark vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Feryal Clark
Feryal Clark
Lab Enfield North
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Feryal Clark and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 793 different votes 819 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
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
50 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 101 shared votes
51 Aye 50 No
19 Aye 76 No
Migration 1% aligned 95 shared votes
75 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

57.3 %
15 % below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
942
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
491
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
451
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
5
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 590 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

£1,186,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£246,080
9 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
3
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
50 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
38 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
120 of 174 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Benefits
46 of 68 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
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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