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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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 Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lab Aylesbury

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 359 different votes 367 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
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 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 40 of 650
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 650
2,074
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
551 eligible divisions
961
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
49.9 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
245
50.1 % 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

133
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Appearances
85
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
135
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
101
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12 % 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
64 of 68 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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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