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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Nick Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,513 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,465 different votes 1,513 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
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 28 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
52 Aye 88 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 140 shared votes
90 Aye 50 No
70 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
76 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 129 No
Tax 0% aligned 205 shared votes
129 Aye 76 No
34 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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