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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Katie White

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 White
Katie White
Lab Leeds North West

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Katie White voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 321 different votes 330 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
75.1%
2% above average
Rank 309 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
45.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
241
54.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 169 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
£150,289
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£150,289
34% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
44 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 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
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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
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