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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Esther McVey
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Esther McVey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.
1,309 same votes
29 different votes
1,338 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.3%
16% above average
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
45.9% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
54.1% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
139
+44.5 vs Commons average
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
182
+17.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API