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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jim Allister voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

297 same votes 21 different votes 318 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
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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