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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Calvin Bailey

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 Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Lab Leyton and Wanstead

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 276 different votes 283 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
179
48.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
218
+74.5 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
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
38 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 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
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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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Voting source Commons Votes API