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Liam Byrne vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,404 shared comparable votes.

1,389 same votes 15 different votes 1,404 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
115 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
115 Aye 60 No
111 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
111 Aye 55 No
57 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
57 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 85% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 98 No
Migration 99% aligned 127 shared votes
28 Aye 99 No
115 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
115 Aye 60 No
111 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
111 Aye 55 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,581
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,831
2,396 eligible divisions
874
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,011
55.2% of votes cast
707
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
820
44.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% 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
91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
66
-85.4 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
116
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No 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
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
No
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
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
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
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 ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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