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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Naz Shah

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Naz Shah voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,385 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,333 different votes 1,385 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
15 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
60 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
8 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 18 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
76 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
70 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
40 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 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
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
860
55.4% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
691
44.6% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 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
57 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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