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Andrew Western vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 574 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 556 different votes 574 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 19% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
17 Aye 43 No
Migration 2% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
32 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
9 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API