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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dr Danny Chambers

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dr Danny Chambers voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 80 different votes 315 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
10 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 96% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 83% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
73.1%
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
205
47.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
160
+77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
228
+84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£182,032
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£182,032
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 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