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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Monica Harding voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 57 different votes 284 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
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
52.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
186
47.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.8% 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
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 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
£225,810
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£225,810
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
6 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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API