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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 1 different votes 342 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
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
31 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
31 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
170
+109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648
Contributions
221
+112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44 % below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API