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Ian Byrne vs Sir Desmond Swayne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ian Byrne and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,017 shared comparable votes.
26 same votes
991 different votes
1,017 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.2 %
same as average
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
1,175
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
646
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
529
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
22
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
83
-30.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C
27 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API