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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 1,457 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,407 different votes 1,457 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
13 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 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 34 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 395 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,303 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
911
55.3 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
736
44.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
37
-38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
33
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 552 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
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 89 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
50 of 61 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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API