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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Kevin McKenna

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 408 different votes 417 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
38 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
40 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.4% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
273
49.6% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
42
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
164
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Contributions
44
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 543 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
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22% below 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API