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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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 Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,162 different votes 1,202 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 14 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
64 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 116 shared votes
53 Aye 63 No
11 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 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

88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 649
Participation
56.0 %
17 % below average
Rank 601 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,319
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
730
55.3 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
589
44.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 7 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
3
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
6
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 625 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
175 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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