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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 378 different votes 385 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
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
51.0% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.0% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
165
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Contributions
76
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API