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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 1,155 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,130 different votes 1,155 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
12 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 18 No
Transport 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
12 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,346
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
724
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
622
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

75
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
90
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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
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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API