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Dame Diana Johnson vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dame Diana Johnson and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,478 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,434 different votes 1,478 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
8 Aye 22 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
80 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
64 Aye 79 No
112 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
64 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
77 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
940
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
711
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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

£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£246,131
9% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API