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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Andy MacNae

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Andy MacNae voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 368 different votes 379 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 109 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
250
50.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£220,783
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£220,783
2% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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