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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alex Mayer

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alex Mayer voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 417 different votes 428 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 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
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Appearances
72
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
154
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
80
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£198,550
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£198,550
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API