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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tom Gordon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Tom Gordon voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 74 different votes 281 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 42 No
Tax 94% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 90% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 82% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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 34 of 649
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 462 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
387
568 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.0 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
178
46.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
175
+99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
253
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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
£217,333
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£217,333
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
25 of 31 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
48 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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