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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Claire Hanna

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 Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Claire Hanna voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 665 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 653 different votes 665 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
3 Aye 15 No
Education 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 34 No
Tax 6% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
82 Aye 33 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 33 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
37 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 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 35 of 649
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
753
1,643 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
391
51.9 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
362
48.1 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
38
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 538 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
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
33 of 53 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Committee: Amendment 1 26 Oct 2022
No
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