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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Hamish Falconer

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Hamish Falconer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 281 different votes 287 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 542 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
371
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
186
50.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
185
49.9% 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
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
606
+462.5 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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
£153,826
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£153,826
32% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 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