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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Desmond Swayne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,616 shared comparable votes.
54 same votes
1,562 different votes
1,616 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
77.1 %
4 % above average
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API