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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,098 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 20 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
60 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 129 shared votes
68 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
26 Aye 92 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 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
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 231 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
1,615 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
52.5 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
604
47.5 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
47
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
45
-74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 497 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
51 of 53 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
60 of 63 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
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: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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