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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Pam Cox

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Pam Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 406 different votes 415 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
86.6%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
537
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
49.2% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
273
50.8% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
60
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
162
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
75
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 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
£158,740
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£158,740
30% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API