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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 145 shared comparable votes.

142 same votes 3 different votes 145 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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 32 of 649
Participation
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
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