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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Owen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 905 different votes 925 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
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
50 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 103 shared votes
52 Aye 51 No
81 Aye 33 No
Migration 1% aligned 114 shared votes
32 Aye 82 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 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