The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Liam Byrne vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,220 different votes 1,268 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
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
94 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 151 shared votes
56 Aye 95 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API