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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 362 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 1 different votes 362 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 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 37 of 650
405
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,085
2,349 eligible divisions
184
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
965
46.3 % of votes cast
221
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,120
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

67
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
132
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
90
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
136
+10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650

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
43 % 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
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 89 votes
Tax
91 of 111 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API