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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Desmond Swayne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Edwards and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.
6 same votes
355 different votes
361 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
64.3 %
8 % below average
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
465
723 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,340 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
963
46.4 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,114
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
42
-25.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
133
+65.2 vs Commons average
63
-57.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
135
+14.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API