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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 256 different votes 359 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 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 41% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 37% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 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