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Sir Desmond Swayne vs John McDonnell

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
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John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and John McDonnell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,679 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,624 different votes 1,679 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
18 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 51 No
Education 8% aligned 66 shared votes
46 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 31 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 28 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 179 shared votes
109 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 34 No
Migration 0% aligned 141 shared votes
34 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 28 No
Energy 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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