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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 1,584 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,526 different votes 1,584 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
33 Aye 26 No
Transport 3% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 15 No
Energy 2% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
41 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,767
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
991
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
776
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
24
1.4 % 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

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
32
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
56 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 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
Transport
74 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
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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