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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Mims Davies

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Mims Davies voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,972 shared comparable votes.

1,925 same votes 47 different votes 1,972 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
103 Aye 165 No
Tax 100% aligned 268 shared votes
103 Aye 165 No
39 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 78 shared votes
39 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 35 No
Housing 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
33 Aye 39 No
Transport 97% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
79 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 202 shared votes
80 Aye 122 No
114 Aye 37 No
Migration 98% aligned 151 shared votes
111 Aye 40 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
88.0%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 650
2,135
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,128
2,417 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,011
47.5% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,117
52.5% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
90
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
165
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
112
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£1,871,353
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£272,930
21% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
89 of 94 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API