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Wera Hobhouse vs Ian Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Ian Byrne voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

722 same votes 202 different votes 924 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
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 77 No
Migration 98% aligned 100 shared votes
23 Aye 77 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 22 No
Education 33% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 38% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 47 No
Tax 51% aligned 107 shared votes
76 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 66% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
54.4% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
550
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
26
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

143
+60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Migration
128 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API