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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 1,205 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,165 different votes 1,205 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
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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

56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 602 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,324
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
731
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
593
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 8 months
Since 23 Nov 2000
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
6
-132.3 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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
43 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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 91 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
46 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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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