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Debbie Abrahams vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,461 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,420 different votes 1,461 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
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
110 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
64 Aye 110 No
78 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
71 Aye 75 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 0% aligned 190 shared votes
66 Aye 124 No
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 36 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
892
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
736
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
15 years, 4 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API