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Anneliese Dodds vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Anneliese Dodds
Lab Oxford East
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Anneliese Dodds and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,442 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,401 different votes 1,442 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
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
78 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 152 shared votes
74 Aye 78 No
31 Aye 19 No
Transport 2% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 93 No
Migration 0% aligned 127 shared votes
93 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 247 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,615
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
908
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
707
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
49
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,671,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£261,480
16 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
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

Education
71 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 193 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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