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Taiwo Owatemi vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Taiwo Owatemi and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 888 different votes 920 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 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
58 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 109 shared votes
51 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 66 No
Migration 1% aligned 95 shared votes
65 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,198
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
644
53.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
554
46.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
13
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

4
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Appearances
103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
8
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 648
Contributions
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£280,621
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Housing
45 of 53 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API