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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Terry Jermy

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Terry Jermy voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 296 different votes 309 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 30% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
49 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 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
66.1%
7% below average
Rank 500 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
390
590 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
47.9% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
203
52.1% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Appearances
81
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
84
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 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
£199,358
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£199,358
12% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
91 of 112 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API