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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,406 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,349 different votes 1,406 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
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
66 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 127 shared votes
63 Aye 64 No
23 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 171 shared votes
59 Aye 112 No
35 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 117 shared votes
82 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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