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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Harriet Cross

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 Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Harriet Cross voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 1 different votes 304 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
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
73.6 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
46.3 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
208
53.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % 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
93
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
166
+57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
18 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye rebel
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
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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