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John Healey vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

John Healey and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,288 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,288 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
25 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 180 shared votes
68 Aye 112 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
56 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 107 shared votes
53 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 21 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

60.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,395
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
797
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
598
42.9 % 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
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
456
+347.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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

£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£320,971
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
3 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
60 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
66 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
123 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
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
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
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
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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