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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Luke Akehurst

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Luke Akehurst voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 363 different votes 372 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 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
84.1%
11% above average
Rank 112 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.6% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
63
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
121
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£202,750
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£202,750
10% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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