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Dan Jarvis vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
Lab Barnsley North
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Dan Jarvis and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,290 different votes 1,338 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
6 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
55 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 99 shared votes
48 Aye 51 No
100 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 160 shared votes
62 Aye 98 No
27 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
64 Aye 91 No
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,459
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
830
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
629
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
3
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
15 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2011
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

85
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
932
+793.7 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£3,206,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£320,947
42 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Housing
54 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
63 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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