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Kerry McCarthy vs Liam Byrne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kerry McCarthy and Liam Byrne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.
1,446 same votes
10 different votes
1,456 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
79.0%
7% above average
Participation
65.9%
6% below average
1,890
2,391 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,391 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
874
55.5% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
702
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Debates
83
-3.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-37.9 vs Commons average
110
-41.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
66
-85.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
7
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
rebel
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API