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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Victoria Atkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,843 shared comparable votes.

1,788 same votes 55 different votes 1,843 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
98 Aye 155 No
Tax 100% aligned 253 shared votes
98 Aye 155 No
40 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 34 No
Housing 100% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 25 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
78 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 203 shared votes
81 Aye 122 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 97% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
114 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 153 shared votes
111 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,950
2,422 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
48.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,004
51.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
25
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
38
-128.4 vs Commons average
Rank 579 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 68 votes

Recent voting overlap

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