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Liam Byrne vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 291 different votes 300 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API