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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 334 shared comparable votes.

333 same votes 1 different votes 334 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 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 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 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 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 35 of 649
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 649
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
575 eligible divisions
969
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
50.1 % of votes cast
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
181
49.9 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Appearances
3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Contributions
3
-135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API