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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Damian Hinds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Damian Hinds voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,974 shared comparable votes.

1,930 same votes 44 different votes 1,974 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
99 Aye 159 No
Tax 100% aligned 258 shared votes
99 Aye 159 No
42 Aye 44 No
Trade 100% aligned 86 shared votes
42 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 35 No
Housing 100% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 25 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
78 Aye 130 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 208 shared votes
83 Aye 125 No
32 Aye 38 No
Transport 97% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
116 Aye 38 No
Migration 98% aligned 154 shared votes
113 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 34 No
Energy 98% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,086
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,003
48.1% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,083
51.9% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% 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
81
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
209 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
87 of 94 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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