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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.

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
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 1,259 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 1,230 different votes 1,259 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
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

67.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,395
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
777
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
618
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
357
+243.2 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 647
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 647

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
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
134 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
65 of 84 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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Voting source Commons Votes API