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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Daisy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Daisy Cooper voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,031 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 782 different votes 1,031 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
12 Aye 30 No
Education 74% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 52% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
46 Aye 91 No
Tax 50% aligned 137 shared votes
78 Aye 59 No
16 Aye 14 No
Transport 47% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 46% aligned 41 shared votes
5 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 18 No
Migration 0% aligned 85 shared votes
18 Aye 67 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 15 No
Trade 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 368 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,201
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
625
52.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
576
48.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
87
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 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
£1,262,200
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£274,876
22% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
18
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
57 of 68 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