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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.

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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 1,257 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,257 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
30 Aye 11 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 169 shared votes
53 Aye 116 No
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

70.0 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,440
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
824
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
616
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
16
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
250
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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
44 % below average
0
0 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
162 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Trade
68 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
154 of 193 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Housing
43 of 54 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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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