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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Helen Grant voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,689 shared comparable votes.

1,647 same votes 42 different votes 1,689 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
81 Aye 133 No
Tax 100% aligned 214 shared votes
81 Aye 133 No
44 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 82 shared votes
44 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 45 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 38 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 88% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
80 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 204 shared votes
82 Aye 122 No
73 Aye 37 No
Migration 97% aligned 110 shared votes
70 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 29 No
Energy 98% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 35 No
Transport 98% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.3% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
932
52.7% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
20
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
31
-133.6 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 94 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API