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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,165 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,122 different votes 1,165 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 9 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
47 Aye 92 No
21 Aye 79 No
Migration 0% aligned 100 shared votes
79 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API