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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,621 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,563 different votes 1,621 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
14 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
112 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 177 shared votes
65 Aye 112 No
35 Aye 29 No
Transport 3% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 2% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
33 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
41 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % 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

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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: 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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