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Charlotte Nichols vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,065 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
12 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
56 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 112 shared votes
55 Aye 57 No
27 Aye 93 No
Migration 1% aligned 120 shared votes
92 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
37 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
641
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
594
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
26
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
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

Defence
54 of 58 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
63 of 68 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Energy
40 of 45 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