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Liam Byrne vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 928 shared comparable votes.

843 same votes 85 different votes 928 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
26 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
33 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 64% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 73% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
96 Aye 41 No
Tax 79% aligned 137 shared votes
91 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API