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Preet Kaur Gill vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Preet Kaur Gill
Lab Birmingham Edgbaston
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Preet Kaur Gill and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,319 different votes 1,354 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 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
64 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 125 shared votes
63 Aye 62 No
38 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
93 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 157 shared votes
61 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,525
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
854
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
671
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
3
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
139
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 199 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

£1,936,995
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£335,426
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
7
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

Housing
48 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
157 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 40 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
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 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
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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