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Liam Byrne vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 490 shared comparable votes.

482 same votes 8 different votes 490 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
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 61 shared votes
50 Aye 11 No
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
63.1%
9% below average
Rank 543 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.0% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.0% 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, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
546
+381.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Transport
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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