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Liz Kendall vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,316 different votes 1,360 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
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
60 Aye 54 No
115 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 184 shared votes
69 Aye 115 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 174 shared votes
62 Aye 112 No
36 Aye 83 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
83 Aye 36 No
41 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,513
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
866
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
647
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

40
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
360
+251.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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