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Naz Shah vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,362 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
109 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
70 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
76 Aye 70 No
33 Aye 12 No
Education 2% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
40 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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 506 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,523
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
851
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
672
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
14
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

18
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
25
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
7
3 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
56 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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