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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
vs
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 549 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 537 different votes 549 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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 10 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 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
29 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 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

62.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 554 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 37 of 650
351
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,086
2,350 eligible divisions
164
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
965
46.3 % of votes cast
187
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,121
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
132
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
531
+403.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
136
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 89 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 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
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
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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