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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,498 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,456 different votes 1,498 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
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
110 Aye 64 No
71 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
78 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 124 No
Tax 0% aligned 192 shared votes
124 Aye 68 No
21 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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 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 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
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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