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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alex Norris

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alex Norris voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,428 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,385 different votes 1,428 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
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 30 No
Transport 4% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
61 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 126 shared votes
66 Aye 60 No
10 Aye 36 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
37 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
706
44.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
484
+340.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£301,924
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes

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