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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ashley Dalton

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 465 different votes 485 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
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
53 Aye 19 No
Migration 0% aligned 72 shared votes
19 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 19 No
Migration 0% aligned 72 shared votes
19 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
44 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
590
928 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
46.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
313
53.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
15 of 19 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API