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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Champion voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,502 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,449 different votes 1,502 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
20 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
63 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
19 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 128 No
Tax 0% aligned 202 shared votes
128 Aye 74 No
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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