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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tom Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Tom Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 381 different votes 390 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
44 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 165 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
506
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
48.4% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.6% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
163
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
165
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
220
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 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
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2% 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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