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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Alex Barros-Curtis

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Alex Barros-Curtis voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 392 different votes 401 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
83.9%
11% above average
Rank 114 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
50.8% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
49.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% 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
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
71
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
163
+2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
85
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£117,527
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£117,527
48% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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