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Sir Desmond Swayne vs James Naish

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and James Naish voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 317 different votes 334 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
48.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
222
51.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
213
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£186,058
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£186,058
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API