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Matt Western vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Liam Byrne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,248 shared comparable votes.

1,244 same votes 4 different votes 1,248 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
112 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
112 Aye 53 No
96 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
96 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
56 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
56 Aye 43 No
44 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
112 Aye 53 No
96 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
96 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
56 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
56 Aye 43 No
44 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
1,597
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
888
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.3% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
711
44.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

91
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Appearances
49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API