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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 77 different votes 266 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 30 No
Tax 94% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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