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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 1,223 shared comparable votes.

1,219 same votes 4 different votes 1,223 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 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
112 Aye 52 No
95 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
95 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
55 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
112 Aye 52 No
95 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
95 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
30 Aye 92 No
55 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
2% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,571
2,119 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,374 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
866
55.5% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

94
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
46
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
113
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Contributions
63
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649

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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API