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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Clive Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Clive Jones voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 70 different votes 292 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 96% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 14 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
68.6%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
405
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
52.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
206
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 126 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
£202,252
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£202,252
11% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Education
39 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 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