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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Blake Stephenson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.
376 same votes
1 different votes
377 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.7%
16% above average
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API