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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Steve Darling voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 68 different votes 293 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
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 97% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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