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Liam Byrne vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and James Murray voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 941 shared comparable votes.

936 same votes 5 different votes 941 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
84 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
84 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
27 Aye 86 No
42 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
42 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
84 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
27 Aye 86 No
42 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
42 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 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 498 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,687 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Contributions
766
+611.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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