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Stephanie Peacock vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Stephanie Peacock
Stephanie Peacock
Lab Barnsley South
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Stephanie Peacock and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,229 different votes 1,282 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
17 Aye 12 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 127 shared votes
62 Aye 65 No
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 160 shared votes
61 Aye 99 No
31 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 171 shared votes
55 Aye 116 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,472
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
837
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
635
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
16
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

50
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
105
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 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

£1,798,692
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£280,855
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
63 of 73 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
43 of 54 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 194 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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