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Liam Byrne vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Ed Davey voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 970 shared comparable votes.

806 same votes 164 different votes 970 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
93 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
93 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 62 No
Migration 99% aligned 89 shared votes
26 Aye 63 No
29 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 93% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 7 No
Education 41% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
79 Aye 37 No
Tax 66% aligned 116 shared votes
77 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 67% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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