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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 425 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 415 different votes 425 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
287
51.8% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
267
48.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
55
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
164
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Contributions
72
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

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