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Liam Byrne vs Alistair Strathern

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
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 5 different votes 405 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
52 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
52 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
52 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

56
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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