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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Anna Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Anna Dixon voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 364 different votes 386 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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 108 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
50.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
247
49.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.8% 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
133
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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
£182,077
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£182,077
19% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API