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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Pat McFadden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Pat McFadden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,423 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,423 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
16 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
39 Aye 34 No
Trade 3% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
71 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 184 shared votes
112 Aye 72 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 35 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
35 Aye 88 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API