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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gavin Robinson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gavin Robinson voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,407 shared comparable votes.

1,141 same votes 266 different votes 1,407 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
72 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 184 shared votes
70 Aye 114 No
19 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 25 No
Energy 89% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 38 No
Education 88% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
68 Aye 109 No
Tax 88% aligned 177 shared votes
75 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 55% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
73 Aye 19 No
Migration 60% aligned 92 shared votes
54 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 63% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 63% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 524 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,532
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
776
50.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
756
49.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
61
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
100
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 336 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
£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£220,061
3% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API