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Pippa Heylings vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Pippa Heylings
LD South Cambridgeshire
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Pippa Heylings and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 66 different votes 247 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 94% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.8%
15% below average
Rank 588 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
341
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
192
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
149
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
103
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£172,648
24% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
46 of 62 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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