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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Sojan Joseph

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
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Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 395 different votes 419 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 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
93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 355 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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