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Andrew Cooper vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 372 different votes 381 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
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

92.1 %
19 % above average
Rank 11 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 647
504
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
256
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
958
46.3 % of votes cast
248
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
132
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
90
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
134
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
0
0 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 64 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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