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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,751 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,677 different votes 1,751 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
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
84 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 161 shared votes
78 Aye 83 No
36 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 2% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

184
+123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
225
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Education
90 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
81 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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