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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Liz Jarvis

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Liz Jarvis voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 81 different votes 322 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
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 96% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 87% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 322 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.3% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
210
47.7% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 423 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
£108,699
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£108,699
52% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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