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Liam Byrne vs Kim Leadbeater

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 Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 817 shared comparable votes.

812 same votes 5 different votes 817 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
70 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
28 Aye 71 No
45 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
28 Aye 71 No
45 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
45 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,126
1,369 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
579
51.4% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
547
48.6% 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
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
11
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Contributions
20
-134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API