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Justin Madders vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Justin Madders and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,686 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,621 different votes 1,686 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
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
105 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 175 shared votes
69 Aye 106 No
88 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 162 shared votes
75 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Trade 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.4 %
8 % above average
Rank 181 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,882
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,048
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
834
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
105
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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

£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£299,970
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
2 registered categories
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
42 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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