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Sir Mark Hendrick vs Sir Desmond Swayne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Hendrick and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,193 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,153 different votes 1,193 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
16 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
53 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 116 shared votes
64 Aye 52 No
15 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

56.6 %
17 % below average
Rank 601 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,309
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
726
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
583
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 6 months
Since 23 Nov 2000
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

3
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
6
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£295,956
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Trade
71 of 88 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
40 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
58 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: Youth unemployment 28 Jan 2026
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 27 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
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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