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Liam Byrne vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,164 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,107 different votes 1,164 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
111 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 164 shared votes
57 Aye 107 No
18 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 48 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 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