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Jess Phillips vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,485 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,444 different votes 1,485 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
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
112 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
66 Aye 112 No
76 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 147 shared votes
71 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 178 shared votes
65 Aye 113 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,635
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
939
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
696
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
245
+106.7 vs Commons average
Rank 83 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
10
3 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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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