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Ruth Jones vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,064 different votes 1,090 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 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 19 No
Transport 3% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 129 shared votes
67 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,281
1,648 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
677
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
604
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

35
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
4
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

#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Education
60 of 68 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
134 of 152 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 66 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