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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Preet Kaur Gill

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Preet Kaur Gill voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,324 different votes 1,362 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
21 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
63 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 125 shared votes
64 Aye 61 No
12 Aye 37 No
Education 2% aligned 49 shared votes
38 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 157 shared votes
93 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 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
72.3%
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,534
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
856
55.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
678
44.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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
£1,936,995
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£335,426
48% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
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
Housing
48 of 55 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
157 of 188 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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