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Sir Desmond Swayne vs David Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and David Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 359 different votes 368 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
49.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
248
50.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
31
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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