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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Melanie Onn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Melanie Onn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 865 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 829 different votes 865 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 27% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 5 No
Migration 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 94 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 No
14 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
49.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
222
50.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
94 of 112 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