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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dan Jarvis

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
Lab Barnsley North

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dan Jarvis voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,340 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,292 different votes 1,340 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
16 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 99 shared votes
55 Aye 44 No
62 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 160 shared votes
100 Aye 60 No
6 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 91 No
Tax 0% aligned 155 shared votes
91 Aye 64 No
37 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 565 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,461
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
56.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
629
43.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
15 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2011

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
87
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
887
+741.1 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£3,206,085
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£320,947
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Housing
54 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
160 of 211 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
63 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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