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Liam Byrne vs Grahame Morris

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 Grahame Morris
Grahame Morris
Lab Easington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Grahame Morris voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,399 shared comparable votes.

1,380 same votes 19 different votes 1,399 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
121 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
121 Aye 63 No
29 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 128 shared votes
29 Aye 99 No
26 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
26 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Benefits 86% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 49 shared votes
37 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 12 No
Education 98% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
103 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 650
1,581
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,807
2,396 eligible divisions
874
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
973
53.8% of votes cast
707
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
834
46.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
34
1.9% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
66
-85.4 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
33
-118.4 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£2,919,746
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£302,235
34% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
43 of 49 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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