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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,527 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,480 different votes 1,527 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
13 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
69 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 145 shared votes
76 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 2% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 2% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 80 No
Tax 0% aligned 192 shared votes
80 Aye 112 No
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 349 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,711
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
945
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
766
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
13
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 466 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

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
186 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
72 of 88 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