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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Charlotte Nichols

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,065 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
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
55 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 112 shared votes
56 Aye 56 No
92 Aye 28 No
Migration 1% aligned 120 shared votes
27 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
37 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
641
51.9 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
594
48.1 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
21
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
26
-82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
63 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
49 of 53 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API