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John Whitby vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

John Whitby and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 366 different votes 374 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
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 30 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 647
488
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
253
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
958
46.3 % of votes cast
235
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,113
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

56
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Appearances
132
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
134
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
2 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Defence
27 of 27 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 64 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API