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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ms Julie Minns

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ms Julie Minns voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 397 different votes 407 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
86.5%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
536
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.3% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.7% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
236
+143.9 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
163
+2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
263
+102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API