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Helen Hayes vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,648 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,592 different votes 1,648 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
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
78 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 152 shared votes
74 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
143 Aye 79 No
Tax 0% aligned 222 shared votes
79 Aye 143 No
29 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
41 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,838
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,022
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
816
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
2 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
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
77 of 87 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
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
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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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