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Nick Smith vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,502 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,455 different votes 1,502 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
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 17 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
90 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 140 shared votes
52 Aye 88 No
76 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
70 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
129 Aye 76 No
Tax 0% aligned 205 shared votes
76 Aye 129 No
30 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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