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Yuan Yang vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Yuan Yang and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 362 different votes 375 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
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 169 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
482
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
228
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
254
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

36
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£213,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£213,042
6% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
14
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Transport
29 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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