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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Shaun Davies

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 Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Shaun Davies voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 287 different votes 297 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
52.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
183
47.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
44
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 528 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
£210,313
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£210,313
7% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
5 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
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
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