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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 1,209 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,209 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
12 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
64 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 91 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
91 Aye 47 No
98 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
21 Aye 98 No
33 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 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 32 of 649
Participation
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 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
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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 Sept 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
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