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Sir Desmond Swayne vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 380 different votes 393 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API