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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Olney

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 Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Olney voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 1,072 shared comparable votes.

232 same votes 840 different votes 1,072 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 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 33 No
Education 59% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 20 No
Housing 42% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 83 No
Tax 42% aligned 129 shared votes
75 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 110 shared votes
21 Aye 89 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 41 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 76 shared votes
40 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 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
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

150
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
147
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
154
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
194
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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