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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Feryal Clark

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 Feryal Clark
Feryal Clark
Lab Enfield North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Feryal Clark voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 823 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 795 different votes 823 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
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 16 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 101 shared votes
50 Aye 51 No
75 Aye 20 No
Migration 1% aligned 95 shared votes
19 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
34 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
57.1%
15% below average
Rank 596 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
947
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
492
52.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
455
48.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£1,186,845
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£246,080
9% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
50 of 63 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Education
54 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
38 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
120 of 174 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
46 of 68 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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