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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.

Photograph of Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
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 1,494 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,439 different votes 1,494 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 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 163 shared votes
63 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 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

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,678
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
925
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
753
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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
44 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
57 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
69 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 71 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
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
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
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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