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Sir Desmond Swayne vs James Murray

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
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James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and James Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,027 different votes 1,052 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
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
87 Aye 34 No
Migration 1% aligned 121 shared votes
33 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 112 shared votes
54 Aye 58 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 35 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
35 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 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
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,204
1,643 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
53.4 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
561
46.6 % 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
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
707
+568.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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