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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 0 different votes 303 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
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
106
+45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
213
+104.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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