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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 336 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 329 different votes 336 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.9 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
205
47.1 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 648

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
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

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