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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dame Karen Bradley

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,538 shared comparable votes.

1,506 same votes 32 different votes 1,538 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
74 Aye 130 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
74 Aye 130 No
38 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 47 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 36 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 188 shared votes
69 Aye 119 No
54 Aye 18 No
Migration 96% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 25 No
Energy 98% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 98% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,612
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
748
46.4% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
864
53.6% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
107
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
64 of 80 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
No rebel
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
No rebel
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API