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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Helen Whately voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,918 shared comparable votes.
1,874 same votes
44 different votes
1,918 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.3%
16% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
74
-90.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17
31 Oct 2022
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API