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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Steve Reed voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,298 different votes 1,338 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
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 23 No
Energy 8% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
67 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 179 shared votes
112 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 124 No
Tax 0% aligned 192 shared votes
124 Aye 68 No
76 Aye 27 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
20 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
39 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
428
+284.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
61 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API