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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Emma Lewell

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 Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Emma Lewell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,518 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,441 different votes 1,518 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
19 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
103 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
56 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 121 shared votes
68 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 129 No
Tax 0% aligned 202 shared votes
129 Aye 73 No
39 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
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
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