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Harriet Cross vs Liam Byrne

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Liam Byrne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 224 different votes 235 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
430
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
202
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
228
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
207
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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