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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 291 shared comparable votes.

271 same votes 20 different votes 291 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 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
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
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

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
944
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
Appearances
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
111
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648

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
4
3 registered categories
0
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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