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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Liam Byrne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,409 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,361 different votes 1,409 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
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
63 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
20 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 120 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
120 Aye 60 No
97 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
26 Aye 97 No
18 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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