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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 34% of the time, based on 1,151 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 757 different votes 1,151 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
27 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 22 No
Benefits 65% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 62% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 53% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 32 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
47.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
745
52.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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