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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 355 different votes 361 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.3 %
8 % below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 650
465
723 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,340 eligible divisions
261
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
963
46.4 % of votes cast
204
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,114
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
133
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
63
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Contributions
135
+14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#5
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API