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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Chris Evans

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Chris Evans voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,540 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,476 different votes 1,540 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
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 33 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
75 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 147 shared votes
73 Aye 74 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
941
55.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
766
44.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£290,268
28% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
56 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 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