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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,123 different votes 1,168 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
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 26 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 92 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
92 Aye 47 No
79 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 100 shared votes
21 Aye 79 No
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
730
57.5% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
539
42.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
826
+680.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API