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Liam Byrne vs Yvette Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Liam Byrne and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,165 shared comparable votes.
1,162 same votes
3 different votes
1,165 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
65.1 %
8 % below average
Participation
63.3 %
10 % below average
1,513
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,323 eligible divisions
848
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.6 % of votes cast
665
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
623
42.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 11 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
33
-30.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
47
-16.6 vs Commons average
47
-66.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
891
+777.4 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API