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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.


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 388 different votes 397 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
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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

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

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
88.7%
17% above average
Rank 30 of 649
516
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,100
2,368 eligible divisions
263
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.3% of votes cast
253
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,128
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
142
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
76
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
151
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 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