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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Leigh Ingham

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Leigh Ingham voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 291 different votes 302 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
395
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
195
49.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
200
50.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
129
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£240,870
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£240,870
6% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API