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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,589 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,543 different votes 1,589 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 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
79 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 145 shared votes
67 Aye 78 No
6 Aye 29 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
30 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 26 No
Energy 2% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
36 Aye 88 No
23 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 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
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
791
44.4% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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