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Liam Byrne vs Sarah Coombes

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 5 different votes 330 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
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 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 494 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
50.1% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.9% 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
69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
86
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API