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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lewis Cocking

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 1 different votes 364 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
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
109
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API