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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 316 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 309 different votes 316 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
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 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
3 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
65
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
151
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
187
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 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
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API