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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 327 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 319 different votes 327 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
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 38 of 650
421
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,081
2,344 eligible divisions
212
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
963
46.3 % of votes cast
209
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,118
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

28
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Appearances
132
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
38
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Contributions
138
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650

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
43 % 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 89 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
66 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API