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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Antonia Bance

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
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Photograph of Antonia Bance
Antonia Bance
Lab Tipton and Wednesbury

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Antonia Bance voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 305 different votes 327 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
417
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
48.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
214
51.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
39
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 649
151
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Contributions
56
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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
£196,999
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£196,999
13% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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