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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Fabian Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Fabian Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,297 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
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 23 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
55 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 120 shared votes
68 Aye 52 No
69 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 177 shared votes
108 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 556 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
56.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
647
43.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
9
-134.5 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£278,935
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 67 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