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Graeme Downie vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 282 different votes 291 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API