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James Murray vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

James Murray and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,033 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
8 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 87 No
Migration 1% aligned 120 shared votes
86 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
11 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

74.1 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,181
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
219
+111.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
7
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Education
57 of 68 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: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 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
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
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
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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