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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Steve Barclay voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,629 shared comparable votes.

1,587 same votes 42 different votes 1,629 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
83 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 221 shared votes
83 Aye 138 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
74 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 189 shared votes
77 Aye 112 No
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 97% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
97 Aye 35 No
Migration 98% aligned 132 shared votes
94 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,736
2,422 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
828
47.7% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
908
52.3% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
149
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API