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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,514 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,460 different votes 1,514 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
31 Aye 17 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
137 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 204 shared votes
67 Aye 137 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
8
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 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