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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Darren Jones

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 Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Darren Jones voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,259 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
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
48 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 98 shared votes
52 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
763
55.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
620
44.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
597
+453.5 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£327,479
45% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
62 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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