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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Claire Young

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Claire Young voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 82 different votes 307 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 43 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
53.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
201
46.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
140
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
163
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 175 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
£203,164
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£203,164
10% below average
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
43 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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