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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,633 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,577 different votes 1,633 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
20 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 31 No
Energy 6% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
83 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 160 shared votes
80 Aye 80 No
70 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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