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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jim McMahon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,520 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,464 different votes 1,520 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
17 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
62 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
27 Aye 32 No
Transport 3% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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