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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,261 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,189 different votes 1,261 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
73 Aye 124 No
Tax 21% aligned 197 shared votes
122 Aye 75 No
19 Aye 26 No
Energy 16% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 11% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Transport 9% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 38 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 38 No
Migration 0% aligned 151 shared votes
38 Aye 113 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
754
55.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
616
45.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 346 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 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