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Luke Pollard vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,321 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,281 different votes 1,321 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
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
64 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
63 Aye 63 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 15 No
Transport 2% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,460
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
653
44.7 % 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
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
731
+592.7 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
71 of 87 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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