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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Linsey Farnsworth

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 386 different votes 396 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
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
87.5%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
51.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
251
48.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
134
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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