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Gareth Bacon vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Liam Byrne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 941 different votes 971 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
15 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 26 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 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