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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Cat Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,533 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,483 different votes 1,533 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
21 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 25 No
Benefits 7% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 30 No
Transport 5% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
69 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
109 Aye 69 No
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
71 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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