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Elaine Stewart vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 266 different votes 272 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
24 Aye 42 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
363
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
160
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
203
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
5
3 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

Energy
16 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
25 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Tax
81 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API