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Yasmin Qureshi vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Yasmin Qureshi
Lab Bolton South and Walkden
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Yasmin Qureshi and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,328 different votes 1,366 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
15 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
109 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
67 Aye 109 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 121 shared votes
63 Aye 58 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 1% aligned 134 shared votes
99 Aye 35 No
112 Aye 65 No
Tax 1% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 518 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,504
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
846
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
658
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

39
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
70
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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

£2,976,673
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£315,870
40 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
9
4 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

Housing
57 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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