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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Dyke

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Dyke voted the same way 51% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 200 different votes 407 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
7 Aye 22 No
Education 90% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 50 No
Tax 82% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 81% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 7 No
Migration 3% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 11 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Trade 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
796 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
48.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
258
51.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£472,827
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£292,538
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
12 of 15 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 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