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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.


Voting alignment

Jo White and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 378 different votes 387 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
1 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
40 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 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

81.9%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 650
Participation
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
508
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
241
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
46.4% of votes cast
267
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Appearances
154
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
77
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Contributions
165
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
44% below average
8
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

#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
92 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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