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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Shivani Raja voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

344 same votes 1 different votes 345 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
22 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
22 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API