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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lewis Atkinson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lewis Atkinson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 382 different votes 391 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 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 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
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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 33 of 649
Participation
88.9%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
2,103
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
586 eligible divisions
975
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
50.1% of votes cast
1,128
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.9% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
154
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Contributions
110
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£221,126
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£221,126
2% below 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

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