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Blake Stephenson vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 1 different votes 377 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
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
6
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API