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Neil Coyle vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab Bermondsey and Old Southwark
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Neil Coyle and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,452 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,396 different votes 1,452 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
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
76 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 131 shared votes
58 Aye 73 No
28 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
130 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 201 shared votes
71 Aye 130 No
38 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

70.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 424 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,631
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
944
57.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
687
42.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % 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 575 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
31
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,946,990
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£245,953
9 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
7
4 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

Housing
60 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
48 of 59 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
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
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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