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Sir Desmond Swayne vs David Smith

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
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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and David Smith voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 283 different votes 306 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
209
50.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
153
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
100
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 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 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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