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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Liz Twist

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Liz Twist voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,420 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,360 different votes 1,420 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
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
68 Aye 68 No
60 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 106 No
Tax 0% aligned 174 shared votes
106 Aye 68 No
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 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
84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
974
54.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
151
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 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
£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£305,039
35% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
68 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

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