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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Gerald Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Gerald Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,524 different votes 1,580 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
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
74 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 154 shared votes
82 Aye 72 No
12 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 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
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
850
44.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 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
£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£278,380
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
68 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
86 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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