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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Angela Rayner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,391 different votes 1,435 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
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
6 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 34 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
35 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 107 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
107 Aye 53 No
87 Aye 25 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
25 Aye 87 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 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 34 of 649
Participation
66.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,565
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
55.8 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
691
44.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
11
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
28
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
57 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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