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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 1,486 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,427 different votes 1,486 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 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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 73 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
73 Aye 130 No
38 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,672
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
957
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
715
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Appearances
150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
16
-129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650

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
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

Housing
61 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
76 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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