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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,317 different votes 1,361 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
17 Aye 28 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
107 Aye 69 No
63 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 125 shared votes
64 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 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 34 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,475
2,354 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
57.6 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
626
42.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
72
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
1,145
+1011.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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