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Ian Lavery vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,531 different votes 1,580 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
24 Aye 21 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
73 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
67 Aye 74 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
62 Aye 111 No
33 Aye 23 No
Housing 2% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
53 Aye 15 No
Education 1% aligned 68 shared votes
16 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
80
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % 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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
147 of 169 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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