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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Heidi Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 566 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 553 different votes 566 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 27% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
63 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 30 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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