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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.

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

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and James Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,033 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
9 Aye 20 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 11 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
86 Aye 34 No
Migration 1% aligned 120 shared votes
33 Aye 87 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 34 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
34 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 647
Participation
73.1 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,181
1,615 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
53.3 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
552
46.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
64
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
377
+257.9 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£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
7
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
39 of 41 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 152 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
57 of 68 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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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