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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Anna Turley

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 Anna Turley
Anna Turley
Lab Redcar

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Anna Turley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 777 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 749 different votes 777 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
36 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
39 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 6 No
Migration 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 85 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
85 Aye 46 No
16 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 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 32 of 649
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£1,190,678
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£223,702
1% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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 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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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