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Liam Byrne vs Steve Witherden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Liam Byrne and Steve Witherden voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.
333 same votes
7 different votes
340 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
66.2%
6% below average
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
51.5% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
Appearances
65
-30.9 vs Commons average
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
84
-83.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API