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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,719 shared comparable votes.

1,677 same votes 42 different votes 1,719 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
82 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
82 Aye 134 No
100 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
100 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 44 No
Trade 100% aligned 82 shared votes
38 Aye 44 No
33 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 177 shared votes
73 Aye 104 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 35 No
Transport 97% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 28 No
Energy 98% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 41 No
Education 98% aligned 57 shared votes
17 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5

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