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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mr Louie French voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 890 shared comparable votes.

878 same votes 12 different votes 890 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
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
59 Aye 58 No
46 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
46 Aye 69 No
28 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 28 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 95% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
88 Aye 31 No
Migration 97% aligned 119 shared votes
85 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 35 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
156
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API