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Liam Byrne vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Jake Richards voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

256 same votes 5 different votes 261 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
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 428 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.8% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
218
49.2% 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
69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
290
+122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API