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Liam Byrne vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,087 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,036 different votes 1,087 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
24 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
94 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 146 shared votes
53 Aye 93 No
8 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 72 No
Migration 4% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
52 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