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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ruth Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,107 different votes 1,133 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
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 18 No
Transport 2% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
67 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 129 shared votes
61 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 36 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
36 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API