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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Angela Rayner

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Angela Rayner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,446 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,400 different votes 1,446 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
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
65 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
6 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 34 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
35 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 107 No
Tax 0% aligned 160 shared votes
107 Aye 53 No
87 Aye 25 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
25 Aye 87 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
25
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API