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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lee Pitcher

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lee Pitcher voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 413 different votes 423 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 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 33 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.1% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
280
50.9% 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
159
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
164
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Contributions
217
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 136 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
£173,077
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£173,077
23% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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