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Andy McDonald vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,555 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,497 different votes 1,555 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
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
28 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
75 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
69 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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