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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jon Trickett

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 Jon Trickett
Jon Trickett
Lab Normanton and Hemsworth

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jon Trickett voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,391 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,342 different votes 1,391 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
51 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 120 shared votes
70 Aye 50 No
66 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
8 Aye 30 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 114 No
Tax 0% aligned 177 shared votes
114 Aye 63 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,556
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
56.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
681
43.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
30 years, 8 months
Since 1 Feb 1996

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
39
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 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
£2,892,928
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£272,604
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
59 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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