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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,216 shared comparable votes.

1,181 same votes 35 different votes 1,216 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
49 Aye 91 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
49 Aye 91 No
27 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 16 No
Transport 95% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 30 No
Education 98% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
92 Aye 34 No
Migration 99% aligned 126 shared votes
91 Aye 35 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,296
1,704 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
668
51.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
628
48.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
48
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
100
-66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
Aye
Aye rebel
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 31 Oct 2022
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Second Reading 20 Jun 2022
Transport
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API