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Janet Daby vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Janet Daby
Janet Daby
Lab Lewisham East
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Janet Daby and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,237 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,237 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
11 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
73 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 138 shared votes
66 Aye 72 No
17 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
54 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 97 shared votes
40 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 144 shared votes
50 Aye 94 No
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 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

74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 342 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,391
1,872 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
751
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
640
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
7 years, 11 months
Since 14 Jun 2018
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648
Appearances
107
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 648
60
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 648
Contributions
115
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,581,636
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£267,555
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
0
0 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

Migration
147 of 160 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 65 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
97 of 112 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
64 of 78 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
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
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