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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Julia Buckley

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Julia Buckley voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 349 different votes 364 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
468
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
49.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
34
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£246,317
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£246,317
9% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 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