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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,848 shared comparable votes.

1,821 same votes 27 different votes 1,848 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
87 Aye 151 No
Tax 100% aligned 238 shared votes
87 Aye 151 No
14 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
14 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 32 No
Energy 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 41 No
Trade 95% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
104 Aye 43 No
Migration 97% aligned 147 shared votes
107 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 34 No
Housing 98% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
31 Aye 35 No
Transport 98% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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