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Sarah Pochin vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 11 different votes 185 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 11 shared votes
0 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 17 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.3%
14% below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
88.7%
17% above average
Rank 30 of 649
227
396 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,100
2,368 eligible divisions
101
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.3% of votes cast
126
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,128
53.7% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
142
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
118
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
151
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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