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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Karl Turner

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 Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Ind Kingston upon Hull East

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Karl Turner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,234 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,234 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
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
67 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
13 Aye 32 No
Education 2% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 127 No
Tax 0% aligned 185 shared votes
127 Aye 58 No
63 Aye 35 No
Migration 0% aligned 98 shared votes
35 Aye 63 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
57.4 %
15 % below average
Rank 593 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
58.0 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
568
42.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
25
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
21
-112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
172 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
58 of 89 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
52 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Jury trials 7 Jan 2026
Aye
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 31 Oct 2022
No
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