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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
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Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 566 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 553 different votes 566 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
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
37 Aye 63 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
372
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
174
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
198
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
3
2 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
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