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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Peter Dowd

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,434 different votes 1,480 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
13 Aye 23 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
78 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
65 Aye 76 No
16 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 30 No
Energy 4% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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