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Ashley Dalton vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 465 different votes 485 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 53 No
Migration 0% aligned 72 shared votes
53 Aye 19 No
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 53 No
Migration 0% aligned 72 shared votes
53 Aye 19 No
44 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API