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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,044 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
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
58 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 117 shared votes
59 Aye 58 No
34 Aye 95 No
Migration 1% aligned 129 shared votes
94 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
11 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 299 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,212
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
655
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
557
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

8
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
8
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
2 registered categories
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

Migration
139 of 152 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
62 of 68 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 41 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 65 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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