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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,620 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,561 different votes 1,620 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
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
40 Aye 38 No
Trade 4% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 130 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
130 Aye 73 No
22 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 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