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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 360 different votes 368 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
48 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
102
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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