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Rushanara Ali vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,576 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,520 different votes 1,576 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
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 37 No
Trade 4% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
130 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 201 shared votes
71 Aye 130 No
42 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
33 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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