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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alison McGovern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,490 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,453 different votes 1,490 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
17 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 172 shared votes
106 Aye 66 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 141 shared votes
75 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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