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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 1,480 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,444 different votes 1,480 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
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 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

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

Voting record

88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
918
55.6 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
733
44.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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
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