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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Luke Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Luke Taylor voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

210 same votes 75 different votes 285 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
22 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 65% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
55.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
174
44.3% 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
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
124
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 256 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 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