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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Owen

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
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Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Owen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 892 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 873 different votes 892 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
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
50 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 103 shared votes
52 Aye 51 No
41 Aye 70 No
Tax 1% aligned 111 shared votes
69 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 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
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,069
1,594 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
557
52.1 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
512
47.9 % 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
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22 % 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Defence
47 of 58 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 152 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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