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Liam Byrne vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,033 different votes 1,090 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
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
105 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
56 Aye 101 No
10 Aye 38 No
Migration 6% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% 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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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