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Liam Byrne vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,336 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
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
105 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
60 Aye 104 No
23 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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
42 of 48 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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