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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ian Lavery voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,627 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,575 different votes 1,627 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
18 Aye 27 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
73 Aye 68 No
62 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 32 No
Housing 2% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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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