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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Joani Reid

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
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Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Ind East Kilbride and Strathaven

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Joani Reid voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 253 different votes 259 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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 35 of 650
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 580 of 650
2,087
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
335
565 eligible divisions
966
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
146
43.6 % of votes cast
1,121
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
189
56.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
12
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
136
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
14
-114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£199,569
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£199,569
12 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
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
Housing
29 of 31 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
20 of 29 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
33 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API