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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Helen Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,688 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,628 different votes 1,688 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
20 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 28 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
74 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 152 shared votes
78 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 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 32 of 649
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
65 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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