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Liam Byrne vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Tim Farron voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 177 different votes 1,062 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
101 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 156 shared votes
98 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 82 No
Migration 97% aligned 108 shared votes
23 Aye 85 No
24 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 22 No
Trade 96% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 8 No
Education 44% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 44 shared votes
11 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
81 Aye 42 No
Tax 62% aligned 123 shared votes
74 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 73% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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