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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Stephen Kinnock

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,608 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,557 different votes 1,608 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
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 35 No
Trade 4% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
69 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
113 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 47 No
Education 0% aligned 62 shared votes
47 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 33 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 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