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Liam Byrne vs Bob Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Liam Byrne and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.
61 same votes
1,334 different votes
1,395 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
65.8%
7% below average
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API