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Naz Shah vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,385 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,333 different votes 1,385 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
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
109 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
70 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
76 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
9
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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API