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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Clive Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Clive Lewis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,425 different votes 1,464 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 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 27 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
18 Aye 22 No
Housing 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 127 shared votes
68 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 32 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
32 Aye 94 No
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 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
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,622
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
55.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
726
44.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
30
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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
£2,262,179
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£292,653
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
33
7 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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