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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Torsten Bell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 332 different votes 339 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
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
24 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
631 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
53.9% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
209
46.1% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
79
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
165
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Contributions
224
+59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
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