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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Kevin McKenna

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 Kevin McKenna
Kevin McKenna
Lab Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 340 different votes 347 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.6 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
220
47.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
27
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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