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Peter Swallow vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 372 different votes 383 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
245
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
259
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

198
+115.7 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
285
+141.5 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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