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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dr Marie Tidball

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dr Marie Tidball voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 369 different votes 377 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
78.2%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
47.8% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
50
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
165
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
59
-103.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 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
£221,186
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£221,186
2% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API