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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Edwards

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 Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 335 different votes 341 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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 45 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 539 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
695 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
58.0 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
185
42.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
33 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API