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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Tahir Ali
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Tahir Ali voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.
25 same votes
1,043 different votes
1,068 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.8 %
16 % above average
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
2,071
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,226
1,615 eligible divisions
958
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
655
53.4 % of votes cast
1,113
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
571
46.6 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
132
+65.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
21
-46.0 vs Commons average
134
+14.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
30
-89.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API