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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jeff Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,360 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
20 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 5% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
60 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 126 shared votes
68 Aye 58 No
21 Aye 24 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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