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Liam Byrne vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Andrew Western voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 508 shared comparable votes.

503 same votes 5 different votes 508 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
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 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 498 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
1,002 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
356
48.4% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

52
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
54
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
69
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Contributions
331
+174.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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
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: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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