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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tom Collins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Tom Collins voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 372 different votes 396 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
48.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
269
51.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% 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
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
44
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£199,488
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£199,488
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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