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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 375 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 367 different votes 375 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
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
137
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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