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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Adam Thompson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Adam Thompson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 435 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 425 different votes 435 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
92.4%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
573
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.2% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.8% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
98
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
164
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Contributions
117
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,664
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£179,664
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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