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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 140 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 3 different votes 140 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
14 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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 35 of 649
Participation
0.0 %
73 % below average
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
0
0 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
0
0.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
14
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
16
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
No topic data
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
No topic data
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
No topic data
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API