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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dame Diana Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,478 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,434 different votes 1,478 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
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
80 Aye 63 No
64 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
112 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No
36 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
940
56.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
711
43.1% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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