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Ian Byrne vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 869 different votes 917 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
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
37 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
11 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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