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Liam Byrne vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Richard Foord voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 443 shared comparable votes.

278 same votes 165 different votes 443 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 51 No
Migration 97% aligned 67 shared votes
14 Aye 53 No
17 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 0 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 20% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 25% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 34% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API