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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 1,246 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,208 different votes 1,246 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 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 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 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 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
18 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 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 34 of 649
Participation
65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 511 of 649
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,368
2,099 eligible divisions
966
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
759
55.5 % of votes cast
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
609
44.5 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
50
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
598
+464.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
87 of 89 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 161 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
65 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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