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Liam Byrne vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Jeff Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,219 shared comparable votes.

1,210 same votes 9 different votes 1,219 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
106 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
106 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
21 Aye 91 No
49 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
49 Aye 48 No
34 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 111 shared votes
78 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 18 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
106 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
106 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
21 Aye 91 No
49 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
49 Aye 48 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
66
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Contributions
70
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
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
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API