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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,376 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,331 different votes 1,376 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
17 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 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
29 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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 171 votes
Trade
89 of 91 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
68 of 91 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