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Kim Johnson vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Kim Johnson and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 980 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 952 different votes 980 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
9 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
51 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 109 shared votes
54 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
9 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
3 % below average
Rank 422 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,126
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
580
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
546
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
13
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

90
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
102
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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

£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£286,858
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
9
3 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

Devolution / Local Government
47 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Transport
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Education
55 of 68 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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