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Peter Dowd vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,476 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,431 different votes 1,476 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
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
65 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
78 Aye 63 No
32 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
65 Aye 106 No
26 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,633
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
915
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
718
44.0 % 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
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
29
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 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

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
72 of 91 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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