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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Neil Coyle

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 Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Neil Coyle voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,486 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,427 different votes 1,486 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
15 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 131 shared votes
76 Aye 55 No
7 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 130 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
130 Aye 73 No
19 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
957
57.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
42.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
16
-129.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£1,946,990
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£245,953
9% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Housing
61 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
82 of 96 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
76 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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