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Liam Byrne vs Gen Kitchen

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 Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

385 same votes 4 different votes 389 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
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
88.4%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
624
706 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
297
47.6% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
327
52.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

56
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
0
-93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
0
-162.0 vs Commons average
Rank 638 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
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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