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Sarah Jones vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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

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Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
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Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,274 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 1,245 different votes 1,274 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
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
97 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 164 shared votes
64 Aye 100 No
55 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 117 shared votes
61 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 477 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,412
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
786
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
626
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
521
+382.7 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24 % 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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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