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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Henry Tufnell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Henry Tufnell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 358 different votes 369 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
51 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
240
48.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
20
-62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£131,877
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£131,877
42% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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