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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

168 same votes 58 different votes 226 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
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% 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
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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