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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Rachel Hopkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,130 different votes 1,155 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
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 14 No
Transport 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
38 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 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
84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,346
1,594 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
53.8 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
622
46.2 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % 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
73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
88
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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