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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Lucy Powell
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Lucy Powell voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,407 shared comparable votes.
44 same votes
1,363 different votes
1,407 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.7%
16% above average
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Debates
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API