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Sarah Hall vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
Lab Warrington South
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sarah Hall and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 331 different votes 339 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
0 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
218
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
218
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

35
-47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
43
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
156
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,162
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£203,162
10% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
4
3 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API