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Liam Byrne vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Chris Bloore voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 7 different votes 313 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
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
48.5% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
235
51.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
112
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
78
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
127
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
72 of 82 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
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
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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