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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,998 shared comparable votes.

1,954 same votes 44 different votes 1,998 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
96 Aye 161 No
Tax 100% aligned 257 shared votes
96 Aye 161 No
109 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
109 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 46 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
37 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 34 No
Defence 100% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 25 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
42 Aye 47 No
Trade 96% aligned 89 shared votes
40 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 23 No
Housing 96% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 97% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 41 No
Transport 97% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API