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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dan Carden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dan Carden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,275 different votes 1,316 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
17 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
71 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
23 Aye 72 No
59 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
52 Aye 58 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 2% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 2% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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