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Peter Kyle vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle
Lab Hove and Portslade
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Peter Kyle and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,355 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,318 different votes 1,355 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
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
62 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 124 shared votes
66 Aye 58 No
28 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Defence 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

62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 547 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,479
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
846
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
633
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % 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

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
232
+93.7 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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

£2,110,937
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£262,107
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
3
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
122 of 171 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
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
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
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
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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