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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Laura Trott

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Laura Trott voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,186 shared comparable votes.

1,146 same votes 40 different votes 1,186 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
54 Aye 87 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
54 Aye 87 No
34 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
66 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 131 shared votes
67 Aye 64 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
84 Aye 32 No
Migration 97% aligned 116 shared votes
81 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,266
1,704 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
654
51.7% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
612
48.3% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
35
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
56
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 519 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
£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£284,794
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
143 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

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