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Liam Byrne vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 960 different votes 1,006 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
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 89 shared votes
44 Aye 45 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
36 Aye 82 No
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: 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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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
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