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Chris Law vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,118 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,118 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
108 Aye 71 No
Tax 25% aligned 179 shared votes
65 Aye 114 No
9 Aye 14 No
Energy 22% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 129 shared votes
97 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
672
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
547
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
8
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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