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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Samantha Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 589 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 572 different votes 589 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 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
53 Aye 17 No
Migration 1% aligned 70 shared votes
16 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
287
+143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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