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Lucy Powell vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,407 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,363 different votes 1,407 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
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
64 Aye 108 No
64 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 129 shared votes
67 Aye 62 No
28 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
117 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 179 shared votes
62 Aye 117 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
51 of 71 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