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Afzal Khan vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,484 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,440 different votes 1,484 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 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
76 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
24 Aye 16 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 7 No
Education 2% aligned 45 shared votes
8 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 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

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API