The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sir Desmond Swayne vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Clive Efford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,614 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,570 different votes 1,614 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
18 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
77 Aye 66 No
67 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
107 Aye 68 No
8 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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