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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,460 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,407 different votes 1,460 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
13 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 27 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
70 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 183 shared votes
111 Aye 72 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
36 Aye 98 No
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
335
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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