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Liam Byrne vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,277 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
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
39 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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