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Peter Lamb vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 389 different votes 415 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
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 18 No
Defence 17% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
27 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

92.4%
20% above average
Rank 10 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
545
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
271
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
274
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
18
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
1
1 registered category
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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