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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Wera Hobhouse

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 Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,388 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 1,150 different votes 1,388 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
11 Aye 30 No
Education 61% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
55 Aye 106 No
Tax 39% aligned 161 shared votes
90 Aye 71 No
32 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 55 shared votes
13 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 30% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
26 Aye 87 No
66 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 169 shared votes
99 Aye 70 No
19 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
969
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
837
54.2% of votes cast
1,125
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
708
45.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
60 of 63 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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