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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 445 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 434 different votes 445 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
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
34 Aye 61 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
61 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
564
716 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
291
51.6 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
273
48.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

132
+65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Appearances
57
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
134
+16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
66
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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
1
1 registered category
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
86 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 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
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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