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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Chris Philp voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,903 shared comparable votes.

1,843 same votes 60 different votes 1,903 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
93 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 231 shared votes
93 Aye 138 No
42 Aye 42 No
Trade 100% aligned 84 shared votes
42 Aye 42 No
30 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 24 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 45 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
80 Aye 129 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 209 shared votes
82 Aye 127 No
114 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 153 shared votes
111 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 32 No
Energy 98% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
83.0%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,011
2,422 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
48.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
51.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
66
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
101
-65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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