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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tony Vaughan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Tony Vaughan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 380 different votes 389 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 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
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
499
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.1% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
249
49.9% 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
53
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
165
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
88
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£231,055
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£231,055
2% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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