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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Brian Mathew voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 59 different votes 287 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
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% 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
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API