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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jo Platt voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 703 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 680 different votes 703 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 80 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
80 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 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 34 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
2,090
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
570 eligible divisions
967
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
51.1 % of votes cast
1,123
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
215
48.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
139
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
42
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API