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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 1 different votes 365 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
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API