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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Julia Lopez voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,706 shared comparable votes.

1,670 same votes 36 different votes 1,706 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
86 Aye 153 No
Tax 100% aligned 239 shared votes
86 Aye 153 No
36 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
32 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 73 shared votes
32 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 27 No
Energy 98% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
104 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 144 shared votes
101 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 37 No
Education 98% aligned 53 shared votes
17 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 34 No
Transport 98% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,801
2,162 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
47.9% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
938
52.1% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
34
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 552 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
4
3 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
186 of 189 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 90 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
Aye
Aye rebel
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 31 Oct 2022
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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