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Liam Byrne vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,079 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 987 different votes 1,079 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
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 17% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 15% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
38 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 74 shared votes
36 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 12% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
95 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 138 shared votes
42 Aye 96 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
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
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Re-committal motion 29 Nov 2023
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No
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