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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,589 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,543 different votes 1,589 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
12 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
67 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 145 shared votes
79 Aye 66 No
30 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 18 No
Energy 2% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
88 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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