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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Maya Ellis

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 Maya Ellis
Maya Ellis
Lab Ribble Valley

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Maya Ellis voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 263 different votes 285 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
47.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
196
52.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
153
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
60
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 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
£230,920
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£230,920
2% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 112 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
22 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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