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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 347 different votes 356 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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