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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Kenneth Stevenson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Kenneth Stevenson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 309 different votes 327 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 382 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
48.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
218
51.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.6% 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
10
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£109,998
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£109,998
51% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 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