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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Elaine Stewart

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 266 different votes 272 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 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
25
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API