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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Natasha Irons

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Natasha Irons voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 376 different votes 386 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
45 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
255
50.2% 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
41
-41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 484 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
£150,494
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£150,494
33% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API