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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Louise Haigh

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Louise Haigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,384 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,384 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 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
55 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 161 shared votes
106 Aye 55 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 135 shared votes
65 Aye 70 No
8 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 112 No
Tax 0% aligned 165 shared votes
112 Aye 53 No
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 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 34 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 514 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,533
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
57.7 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
649
42.3 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
7
-68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
9
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£226,069
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 43 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

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