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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah 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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Jones voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 1,235 different votes 1,264 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
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
64 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
61 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 117 shared votes
55 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 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
67.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 647
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,400
2,078 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
778
55.6 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
622
44.4 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
67
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Contributions
378
+258.9 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#2
Migration
134 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Defence
61 of 64 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 84 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
33 of 43 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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API