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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Liz Kendall voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,365 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,321 different votes 1,365 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
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
60 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
69 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 184 shared votes
115 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 112 No
Tax 0% aligned 174 shared votes
112 Aye 62 No
83 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
36 Aye 83 No
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 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
64.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
57.3 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
648
42.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % 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
45
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
566
+432.7 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
62 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API