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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Justin Madders

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Justin Madders voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,735 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,666 different votes 1,735 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
21 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 31 No
Energy 5% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
69 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
75 Aye 87 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 162 shared votes
88 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 77 shared votes
37 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
34 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 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
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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
£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£299,970
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 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