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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Olivia Blake voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,034 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 1,014 different votes 1,034 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
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 18 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
56 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 103 shared votes
45 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 89 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
89 Aye 49 No
81 Aye 35 No
Migration 0% aligned 116 shared votes
35 Aye 81 No
14 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
38 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
630
52.8 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
563
47.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
43
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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
Education
65 of 68 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API