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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Andy Slaughter

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Andy Slaughter voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,737 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,692 different votes 1,737 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
21 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
79 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 163 shared votes
86 Aye 77 No
13 Aye 29 No
Digital / Online Safety 2% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 141 No
Tax 0% aligned 215 shared votes
141 Aye 74 No
37 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 74 shared votes
37 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 33 No
Defence 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
867
44.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
65 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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