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Sir Desmond Swayne vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and John Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 1 different votes 339 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
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
104
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API