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Matt Rodda vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,528 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,473 different votes 1,528 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
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
73 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
72 Aye 72 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 3% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 163 shared votes
63 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
30 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
941
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
779
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % 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

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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