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Hilary Benn vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,612 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,563 different votes 1,612 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
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
112 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 183 shared votes
71 Aye 112 No
85 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 156 shared votes
71 Aye 85 No
30 Aye 20 No
Transport 2% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 39 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
42 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
51 of 59 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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