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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tim Roca

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 Tim Roca
Tim Roca
Lab Macclesfield

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Tim Roca voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 326 different votes 335 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
53.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
46.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 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
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
67
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£202,502
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£202,502
10% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 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
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: 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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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
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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