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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Pochin

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

156 same votes 11 different votes 167 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 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
60.0 %
13 % below average
Rank 581 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
204
340 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
85
41.7 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
119
58.3 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
63
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 648
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648
Contributions
75
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£0
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API