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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,774 shared comparable votes.

1,726 same votes 48 different votes 1,774 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
95 Aye 150 No
Tax 100% aligned 245 shared votes
95 Aye 150 No
41 Aye 44 No
Trade 100% aligned 85 shared votes
41 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 34 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
77 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 202 shared votes
78 Aye 124 No
104 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
101 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 27 No
Energy 98% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,874
2,422 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
48.7% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
961
51.3% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
83
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
101
-65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
82 of 98 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API