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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Edward Argar voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 2,052 shared comparable votes.

2,006 same votes 46 different votes 2,052 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
101 Aye 167 No
Tax 100% aligned 268 shared votes
101 Aye 167 No
44 Aye 45 No
Trade 100% aligned 89 shared votes
44 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
37 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 129 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 209 shared votes
84 Aye 125 No
18 Aye 25 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 41 No
Transport 97% aligned 77 shared votes
38 Aye 39 No
115 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 156 shared votes
112 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 34 No
Energy 98% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,171
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
47.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,139
52.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
85
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
137
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
No rebel
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API