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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Chris Elmore

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 Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Chris Elmore voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,599 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,541 different votes 1,599 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
18 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
75 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 139 shared votes
67 Aye 72 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
239
+93.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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