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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.

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Ruth Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,107 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,081 different votes 1,107 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
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 3% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
67 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 129 shared votes
61 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
35 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 647
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,669 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.3 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
621
47.7 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
37
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
47
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 484 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
43 % 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
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API