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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jamie Stone

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 Jamie Stone
Jamie Stone
LD Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jamie Stone voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,247 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
8 Aye 17 No
Education 60% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 51% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 26 No
Housing 46% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 94 No
Tax 41% aligned 140 shared votes
80 Aye 60 No
26 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 41% aligned 44 shared votes
8 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 121 shared votes
29 Aye 92 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
61 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 167 shared votes
102 Aye 65 No
33 Aye 27 No
Trade 5% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 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
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 479 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,411
2,106 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
759
53.8 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
652
46.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
110
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£1,963,458
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£346,016
53 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
169 of 188 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
127 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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