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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 3% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.
28 same votes
1,065 different votes
1,093 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
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API