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Liam Byrne vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Lisa Smart voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 202 different votes 244 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 22 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 649
Participation
66.3%
7% below average
Rank 497 of 649
1,553
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
579 eligible divisions
865
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
54.4% of votes cast
688
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
175
45.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
163
+84.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
57
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Contributions
228
+90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API