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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 1,469 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,428 different votes 1,469 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 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 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
97 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 164 shared votes
64 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 94 No
Migration 0% aligned 128 shared votes
94 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 238 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,649
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
923
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
726
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
85
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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
43 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
72 of 76 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
172 of 194 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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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