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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 435 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 425 different votes 435 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 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

91.6%
19% above average
Rank 10 of 650
Participation
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
568
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
282
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
46.4% of votes cast
286
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

85
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
146
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
112
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
Contributions
164
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
44% 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
92 of 94 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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