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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Daniel Zeichner

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Daniel Zeichner voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,702 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,654 different votes 1,702 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
20 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
77 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 162 shared votes
89 Aye 73 No
6 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 200 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,897
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,058
55.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
839
44.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% 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
47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 482 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
£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£266,524
18% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 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