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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Emma Reynolds

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 Reynolds
Emma Reynolds
Lab Wycombe

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Emma Reynolds voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 593 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 571 different votes 593 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
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
39 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 81 shared votes
42 Aye 39 No
15 Aye 14 No
Trade 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 4 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
60 Aye 40 No
7 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
53.2%
19% below average
Rank 613 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
314
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
173
55.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
141
44.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
497
+351.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,764,398
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£185,524
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
26 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
16 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
21 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
No
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