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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sarah Russell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 389 different votes 397 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 23% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.5%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
50.4% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
254
49.6% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
99
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
165
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
144
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API