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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Connor Rand

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Connor Rand voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 282 different votes 290 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 2% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
375
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
50.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
186
49.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 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
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
74
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£198,684
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£198,684
12% below 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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
25 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API