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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 371 different votes 380 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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 40 of 647
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
735 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.1 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
245
51.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

132
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
77
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
134
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
323
+205.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 27 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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