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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.

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Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East
vs
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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 1,396 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,396 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
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 3% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 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
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

66.0 %
7 % below average
Rank 505 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,525
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
881
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
644
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
329
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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

£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£225,631
same as average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Benefits
64 of 81 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 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
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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