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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 401 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 391 different votes 401 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
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 649
Participation
89.1%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
2,105
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
588 eligible divisions
976
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
52.1% of votes cast
1,129
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
153
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
83
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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