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Wera Hobhouse vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,388 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 1,150 different votes 1,388 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
21 Aye 20 No
Education 61% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
90 Aye 71 No
Tax 39% aligned 161 shared votes
55 Aye 106 No
13 Aye 42 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 30% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 87 No
Migration 0% aligned 113 shared votes
87 Aye 26 No
99 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
837
54.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
708
45.8 % 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
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
12
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

Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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