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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Katie Lam

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
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Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Katie Lam voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 0 different votes 327 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
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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