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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 1,667 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,613 different votes 1,667 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
46 Aye 20 No
Education 8% aligned 66 shared votes
15 Aye 51 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 107 No
Migration 0% aligned 141 shared votes
107 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 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 222 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
63 of 71 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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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