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Mark Sewards vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Liam Byrne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

337 same votes 5 different votes 342 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
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
489
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
233
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.4% of votes cast
256
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
714
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

199
+104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
210
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Contributions
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API