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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Dr Sam Rushworth

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Dr Sam Rushworth voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 300 different votes 325 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
50.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
211
49.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.8% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
153
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
143
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£212,044
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£212,044
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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