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Liam Byrne vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 4 different votes 372 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
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.4% 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
85
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
114
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 346 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API