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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gill Furniss voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,466 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,415 different votes 1,466 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 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
70 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 121 No
Tax 0% aligned 183 shared votes
121 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
41
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API