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Liam Byrne vs Sojan Joseph

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 1 different votes 362 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
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
590 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 357 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API