Compare

Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alison McGovern

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 Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alison McGovern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,465 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,465 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
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 141 shared votes
75 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 647
Participation
70.0 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,633
2,333 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
55.6 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
725
44.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
64
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
321
+201.9 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 169 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API