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Liam Byrne vs Dame Meg Hillier

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,381 shared comparable votes.

1,374 same votes 7 different votes 1,381 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
124 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
124 Aye 62 No
31 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
31 Aye 90 No
62 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
62 Aye 53 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
39 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Transport 98% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
112 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
109 Aye 66 No
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
124 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
124 Aye 62 No
31 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
31 Aye 90 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,581
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,765
2,396 eligible divisions
874
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
56.2% of votes cast
707
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
773
43.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

49
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
66
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
235
+83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
43 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 76 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API