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John McDonnell vs Ian Byrne

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Ian Byrne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

1,090 same votes 12 different votes 1,102 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
91 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
91 Aye 44 No
55 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 15 No
Education 92% aligned 48 shared votes
37 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 97% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 89 No
Migration 99% aligned 126 shared votes
36 Aye 90 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
73.7 %
same as average
Rank 353 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,175
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
646
55.0 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
529
45.0 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.9 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
85
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
60 of 68 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 7 May 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No rebel
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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