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Pat McFadden vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Pat McFadden and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,417 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,375 different votes 1,417 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
28 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 37 No
Trade 3% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
112 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 184 shared votes
71 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
88 Aye 35 No
36 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,550
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
895
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
655
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

36
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
257
+118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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