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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Chris Murray

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 362 different votes 369 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
77.9%
6% above average
Rank 249 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
48.9% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.1% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
69
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
165
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
116
-46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
4
3 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

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