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Sarah Edwards vs Liam Byrne

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Liam Byrne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 5 different votes 369 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
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
502
800 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
274
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.4% of votes cast
228
45.4% 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
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

61
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
1
1 registered category
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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API