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Sir Mark Tami vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,724 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,665 different votes 1,724 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
30 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
89 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 168 shared votes
82 Aye 86 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 148 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,946
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
1,065
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
881
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 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

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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