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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Graham Stringer

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 Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Graham Stringer voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

156 same votes 1,085 different votes 1,241 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
40 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 63% aligned 107 shared votes
46 Aye 61 No
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 11% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 10% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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 33 of 649
Participation
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
2,103
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,369
2,372 eligible divisions
975
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
50.0% of votes cast
1,128
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
685
50.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
113
8.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

145
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
154
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Contributions
44
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
44 of 66 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
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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