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Luke Pollard vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,308 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
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
64 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
63 Aye 63 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 15 No
Transport 2% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
107
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
115
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API