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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Derek Twigg

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,223 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
13 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
49 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 116 shared votes
68 Aye 48 No
48 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 144 shared votes
97 Aye 47 No
6 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 107 No
Tax 0% aligned 164 shared votes
107 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% 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
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% 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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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