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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ms Polly Billington
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.
24 same votes
333 different votes
357 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.7%
16% above average
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
82
+0.2 vs Commons average
151
+8.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
118
-24.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API