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John McDonnell vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,637 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,583 different votes 1,637 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
45 Aye 20 No
Education 8% aligned 65 shared votes
15 Aye 50 No
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
109 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 179 shared votes
70 Aye 109 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 106 No
Migration 0% aligned 140 shared votes
106 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % 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

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
4
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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