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Lewis Cocking vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 1 different votes 397 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
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
448
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
204
45.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
244
54.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
155
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
3
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API