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Liam Byrne vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
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Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,238 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,188 different votes 1,238 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
97 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 6 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 94 No
Migration 2% aligned 122 shared votes
91 Aye 31 No
56 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 103 shared votes
48 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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