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Liam Byrne vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Michael Payne voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

318 same votes 5 different votes 323 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.3% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.7% 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
26
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
29
-138.1 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
111 of 122 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API