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Lucy Powell vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,397 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,397 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
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
64 Aye 108 No
64 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 129 shared votes
67 Aye 62 No
28 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 13 No
Energy 3% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
117 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 179 shared votes
62 Aye 117 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,555
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
875
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
680
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
96
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
51 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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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