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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Stephen Morgan

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 Stephen Morgan
Stephen Morgan
Lab Portsmouth South

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Stephen Morgan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,421 different votes 1,464 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
18 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 4% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
66 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 139 shared votes
74 Aye 65 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 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
80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,691
2,099 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
917
54.2 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
774
45.8 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
28
-47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
109
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 265 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
£1,843,494
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,250
26 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Education
72 of 76 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 46 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 54 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API