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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Monica Harding

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 Monica Harding
Monica Harding
LD Esher and Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Monica Harding voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 46 different votes 254 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
7 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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 45 of 648
Participation
67.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 488 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
180
50.8 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
174
49.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
106
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648
Contributions
127
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£225,810
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£225,810
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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