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Tahir Ali vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,037 different votes 1,062 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
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
63 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 127 shared votes
61 Aye 66 No
35 Aye 83 No
Migration 1% aligned 118 shared votes
82 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 142 shared votes
49 Aye 93 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,218
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
653
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
565
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£264,884
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API