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Liam Byrne vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,409 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,361 different votes 1,409 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
10 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
112 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
63 Aye 112 No
19 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
120 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
60 Aye 120 No
26 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
97 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API