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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Heidi Alexander

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
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Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 556 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 544 different votes 556 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
63 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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 35 of 649
Participation
62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
575 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
170
47.1 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
191
52.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
583
+444.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
13 of 13 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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