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Steve Reed vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,289 different votes 1,328 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
6 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
112 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 179 shared votes
67 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 68 No
Tax 0% aligned 192 shared votes
68 Aye 124 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
76 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,464
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
860
58.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
604
41.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 31 Oct 2022
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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