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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Shockat Adam

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 Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Shockat Adam voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 136 different votes 255 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
6 Aye 18 No
Education 88% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 53% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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 35 of 649
Participation
58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
336
575 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
54.2 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
154
45.8 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

138
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
141
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£230,874
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£230,874
2 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
31 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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