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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Richard Quigley

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Richard Quigley voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 341 different votes 363 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
46.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
54.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£171,447
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£171,447
24% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 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