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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Al Carns

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 Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Al Carns voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 249 different votes 257 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
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
147
47.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
165
52.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
274
+128.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£170,101
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£170,101
25% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
21 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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