The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sir Desmond Swayne vs Rachael Maskell

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 Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Rachael Maskell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,792 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,714 different votes 1,792 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
21 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
78 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 161 shared votes
84 Aye 77 No
35 Aye 36 No
Transport 3% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 26 No
NHS / Health 2% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 30 No
Energy 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
912
45.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
47
2.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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
£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£256,869
14% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
89 of 95 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API