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Edward Argar vs Liam Byrne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Edward Argar and Liam Byrne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,438 shared comparable votes.
69 same votes
1,369 different votes
1,438 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
89.9%
17% above average
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Debates
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API