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Jeremy Corbyn vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,328 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
27 Aye 15 No
Education 24% aligned 42 shared votes
7 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 25 No
Housing 23% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 18% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
66 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 121 shared votes
61 Aye 60 No
9 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 107 No
Migration 1% aligned 135 shared votes
106 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

62.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 552 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,476
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
819
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
657
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

130
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
183
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
29
3 registered categories
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
144 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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