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Dave Doogan vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 647 different votes 708 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
63 Aye 48 No
Tax 38% aligned 111 shared votes
42 Aye 69 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 22% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 6 No
Transport 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 78 No
Migration 0% aligned 110 shared votes
78 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
121 of 154 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