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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Damien Egan

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 Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Damien Egan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 368 different votes 379 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
676 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
257
53.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£245,488
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£233,152
3% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
21 of 23 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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