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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,087 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,051 different votes 1,087 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
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 19 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 117 shared votes
58 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 39 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
39 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 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
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
53.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
594
47.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
63 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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