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Dame Nia Griffith vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,637 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,575 different votes 1,637 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
33 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 182 shared votes
70 Aye 112 No
31 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 36 shared votes
6 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 254 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,808
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,008
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
800
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
84
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API