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Liam Byrne vs David Simmonds

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 Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 875 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 834 different votes 875 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
12 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 19% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 92 No
Migration 5% aligned 116 shared votes
86 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 110 shared votes
38 Aye 72 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
42 of 48 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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