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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,179 different votes 1,205 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
13 Aye 23 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 22 No
Transport 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
39 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
12 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
662
47.0% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
100
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above 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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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