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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ian Murray

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 Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ian Murray voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,509 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,464 different votes 1,509 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
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
73 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
74 Aye 70 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 3% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 28 No
Energy 2% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
753
44.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 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
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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