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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Rachel Reeves

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 Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 1,064 different votes 1,097 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
10 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
61 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
49 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 96 shared votes
47 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
21 Aye 85 No
18 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 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 34 of 649
Participation
50.2 %
23 % below average
Rank 622 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,181
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
677
57.3 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
504
42.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
61
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
529
+395.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
56 of 89 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API