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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lee Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lee Anderson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

1,083 same votes 39 different votes 1,122 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
46 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 143 shared votes
46 Aye 97 No
88 Aye 38 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
88 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 89% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 24 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 28 No
Education 97% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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 35 of 649
Participation
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
50.1 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
618
49.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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