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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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 Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,131 different votes 1,189 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
51 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 147 shared votes
96 Aye 51 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
49 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 111 shared votes
64 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 100 No
Tax 0% aligned 161 shared votes
100 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
57.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
563
42.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
147 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
64 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
59 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 8 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 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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
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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