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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Catherine West voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,539 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,502 different votes 1,539 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
16 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
70 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 138 shared votes
70 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 25 No
Energy 2% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
69 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 186 shared votes
114 Aye 72 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 114 No
Tax 0% aligned 186 shared votes
114 Aye 72 No
39 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 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
73.3 %
same as average
Rank 353 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,710
2,333 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
54.4 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
780
45.6 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
39
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
73
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
85 of 95 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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