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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.

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,548 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,503 different votes 1,548 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
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 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 16 No
Energy 2% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 87 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
87 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 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

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,730
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
972
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
758
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % 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

45
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
55
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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

£2,210,414
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
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Transport
71 of 87 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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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