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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 1,781 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,707 different votes 1,781 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
38 Aye 33 No
Transport 3% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 2% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,983
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
1,081
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
902
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
45
2.3 % 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

229
+151.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
278
+139.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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
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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