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Ian Byrne vs Shivani Raja

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Shivani Raja voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 245 different votes 255 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
16
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
92
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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