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Gill Furniss vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Gill Furniss and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,384 different votes 1,434 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
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
111 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 181 shared votes
70 Aye 111 No
Most different by topic
121 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 183 shared votes
62 Aye 121 No
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 401 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,619
2,261 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
714
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

20
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
17
-90.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£322,640
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
3 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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Housing
50 of 61 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 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
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
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 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
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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