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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ian Roome voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

158 same votes 66 different votes 224 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
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 92% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 26 No
Tax 92% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 90% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 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