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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Jo Stevens

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Jo Stevens voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,594 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,544 different votes 1,594 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
16 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 27 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
71 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 143 shared votes
73 Aye 70 No
21 Aye 29 No
Energy 2% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 128 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
128 Aye 75 No
22 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
54.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
801
45.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
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
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
171
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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
£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£253,083
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
77 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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