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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alex Davies-Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alex Davies-Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,045 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
20 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 11 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
62 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 122 shared votes
59 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,184
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
606
51.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
48.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
293
+147.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£314,112
39% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 41 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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