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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lilian Greenwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Lilian Greenwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,546 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,495 different votes 1,546 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
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 28 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
73 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
72 Aye 71 No
12 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 312 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
53.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
829
46.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£2,943,203
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£285,976
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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