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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Anneliese Midgley

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Anneliese Midgley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 339 different votes 356 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
230
49.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
38
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 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
£199,199
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£199,199
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
49 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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