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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dan Carden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,309 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,309 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
17 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
70 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 94 shared votes
23 Aye 71 No
59 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
52 Aye 58 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 2% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 2% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 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 34 of 649
Participation
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
2,099 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
806
55.6 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
644
44.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
31
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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