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Liam Byrne vs David Mundell

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 Mundell
David Mundell
Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and David Mundell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,039 different votes 1,100 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
107 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
65 Aye 102 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
769
47.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 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
£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£330,224
46% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
201 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 171 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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