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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Desmond Swayne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.
49 same votes
1,328 different votes
1,377 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
65.7 %
8 % below average
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API