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Liam Byrne vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 5 different votes 365 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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 498 of 650
Participation
85.9%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
542
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
267
49.3% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
275
50.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API