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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 382 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 374 different votes 382 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
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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 33 of 649
Participation
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 649
2,105
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
506
588 eligible divisions
976
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
52.0% of votes cast
1,129
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
243
48.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
202
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
153
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Contributions
223
+82.4 vs Commons average
Rank 103 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
£180,792
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£180,792
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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