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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lucy Rigby

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 Lucy Rigby
Lucy Rigby
Lab Northampton North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lucy Rigby voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 247 different votes 255 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 2% aligned 65 shared votes
40 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
58.1%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
168
49.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
175
51.0% 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
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£163,015
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£163,015
28% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
Transport
23 of 29 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
23 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
78 of 112 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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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