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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ed Miliband

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 Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ed Miliband voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,157 different votes 1,197 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 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
64 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
6 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 91 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
91 Aye 47 No
97 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
21 Aye 97 No
33 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 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
55.0 %
18 % below average
Rank 604 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,294
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
717
55.4 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
577
44.6 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
517
+383.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
127 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
58 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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