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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,585 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,522 different votes 1,585 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
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 18 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
86 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 155 shared votes
71 Aye 84 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
42 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 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