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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,552 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,495 different votes 1,552 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 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 28 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 137 No
Tax 0% aligned 204 shared votes
137 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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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