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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gen Kitchen

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
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Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 397 different votes 406 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 30 of 649
Participation
88.0%
16% above average
Rank 44 of 649
2,100
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
588
668 eligible divisions
972
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.3% of votes cast
1,128
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
304
51.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

142
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
0
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
151
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
0
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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