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Liam Byrne vs Joy Morrissey

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
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Photograph of Joy Morrissey
Joy Morrissey
Con Beaconsfield

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Joy Morrissey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 803 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 775 different votes 803 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
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 5 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 81 No
Migration 3% aligned 106 shared votes
78 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 110 shared votes
35 Aye 75 No
37 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 80 shared votes
43 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 648
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 648
1,502
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,294
1,594 eligible divisions
846
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
633
48.9 % of votes cast
656
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
661
51.1 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 10 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

36
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 648
Appearances
49
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
Contributions
64
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,341,892
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£297,942
32 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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