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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,086 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,004 different votes 1,086 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
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 20% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
59 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 119 shared votes
54 Aye 65 No
11 Aye 33 No
Education 11% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 34 No
Migration 0% aligned 131 shared votes
34 Aye 97 No
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
976
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

147
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
152
+9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
62 of 67 votes
Trade
89 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API