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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Bill Esterson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,513 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,461 different votes 1,513 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
20 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
70 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 139 shared votes
70 Aye 69 No
59 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 167 shared votes
108 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 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