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Jo White vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Jo White
Jo White
Lab Bassetlaw
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Jo White and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 339 different votes 347 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
0 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 38 of 650
458
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,081
2,344 eligible divisions
222
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
963
46.3 % of votes cast
236
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,118
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
133
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
55
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Contributions
139
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,166
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£174,166
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
6
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
87 of 89 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
46 of 49 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
66 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API