Ayes & Noes

Compare

Liz Saville Roberts vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

Photograph of Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Saville Roberts
PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Liz Saville Roberts and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,493 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 1,378 different votes 1,493 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
122 Aye 69 No
Tax 21% aligned 191 shared votes
69 Aye 122 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 19% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
86 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 162 shared votes
75 Aye 87 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 14% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 89 No
Migration 0% aligned 126 shared votes
89 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,641
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
922
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
719
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

116
+55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
151
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 112 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

£2,266,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£324,256
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
16
5 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Benefits
68 of 81 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API