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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gregor Poynton

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 315 different votes 323 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
89.8 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 650
2,081
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
558 eligible divisions
963
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
257
51.3 % of votes cast
1,118
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
11
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
138
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
Contributions
13
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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