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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,201 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,201 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
16 Aye 21 No
Energy 19% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
65 Aye 118 No
Tax 18% aligned 183 shared votes
117 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 11% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 9% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 28 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 38 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
38 Aye 84 No
18 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API