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Liam Byrne vs Chris Philp

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 Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,314 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,254 different votes 1,314 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
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
111 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 173 shared votes
64 Aye 109 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
40 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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 143 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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