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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Kirsteen Sullivan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Kirsteen Sullivan voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 302 different votes 323 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
53.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
197
46.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.8% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
151
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Contributions
93
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 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
£198,590
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£198,590
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 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