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Ellie Reeves vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Ellie Reeves and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,278 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,243 different votes 1,278 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 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
64 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 124 shared votes
60 Aye 64 No
98 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 163 shared votes
62 Aye 101 No
37 Aye 94 No
Migration 1% aligned 131 shared votes
95 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 144 shared votes
49 Aye 95 No
27 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

67.0%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,421
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
787
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
634
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
240
+94.1 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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

£1,716,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£244,057
8% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
3
2 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

Migration
142 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API