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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 455 different votes 466 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Migration 3% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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