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Richard Burgon vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,675 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,612 different votes 1,675 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
44 Aye 23 No
Education 6% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 22 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
88 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 158 shared votes
72 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 40 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
7
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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