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Liam Byrne vs Jen Craft

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 Jen Craft
Jen Craft
Lab Thurrock

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Jen Craft voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 0 different votes 315 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 125 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
590 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 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
£193,514
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£193,514
14% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API