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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 1,157 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,114 different votes 1,157 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 78 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
78 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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

£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
4
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API