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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Louise Sandher-Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Louise Sandher-Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 307 different votes 314 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 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 38 of 650
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 650
2,081
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
558 eligible divisions
963
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
210
50.2 % of votes cast
1,118
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
208
49.8 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
59
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
138
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
173
+48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£179,498
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,498
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
31 of 31 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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