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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Adam Thompson

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Adam Thompson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 399 different votes 409 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 30 of 649
Participation
93.0%
21% above average
Rank 9 of 649
2,100
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
541
582 eligible divisions
972
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
269
49.7% of votes cast
1,128
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
272
50.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
92
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
151
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
107
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,664
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£179,664
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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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