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Liam Byrne vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 5 different votes 332 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
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.7% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
255
52.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
95
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
174
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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
72 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API