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Kate Osamor vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Kate Osamor and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,394 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
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 180 shared votes
68 Aye 112 No
28 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 177 shared votes
63 Aye 114 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
84 Aye 31 No
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 499 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
869
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
692
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

11
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
18
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,989,895
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£250,449
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
76 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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