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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Richard Baker voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 302 different votes 325 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
48.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
227
51.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
151
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Contributions
69
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 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