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Andrew Bowie vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Liam Byrne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,178 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,118 different votes 1,178 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
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 9% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
62 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
97 Aye 60 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
40 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
6
4 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

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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