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Liam Byrne vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Dan Carden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

1,168 same votes 0 different votes 1,168 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
112 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
112 Aye 50 No
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
97 Aye 58 No
48 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No
18 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
18 Aye 66 No
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
112 Aye 50 No
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
97 Aye 58 No
48 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
48 Aye 46 No
18 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
18 Aye 66 No
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
69.0%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,484
2,151 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
817
55.1% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
667
44.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

54
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Appearances
29
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
71
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
40
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 189 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 90 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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