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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Anneliese Dodds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Anneliese Dodds voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,479 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,435 different votes 1,479 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
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 22 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
74 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 152 shared votes
78 Aye 74 No
64 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 34 No
Migration 0% aligned 128 shared votes
34 Aye 94 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,661
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
55.7% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
103
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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
£1,671,061
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£261,480
16% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
72 of 76 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
172 of 194 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API