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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Imogen Walker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Imogen Walker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 274 different votes 288 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
199
47.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
222
52.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.2% 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
12
-71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
16
-129.9 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£178,271
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£178,271
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
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
Education
45 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API