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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 369 shared comparable votes.
368 same votes
1 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.7 %
16 % above average
Participation
72.0 %
1 % below average
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
575 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
41.8 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
241
58.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
102
+24.1 vs Commons average
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
122
-16.3 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API