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Jim McMahon vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,426 different votes 1,480 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 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 21 No
Transport 4% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
108 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
25 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
4
3 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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API