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Matthew Pennycook vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,734 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,680 different votes 1,734 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
15 Aye 24 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
82 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 154 shared votes
74 Aye 80 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
23 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
870
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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

£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
0
0 registered categories
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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