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Liam Byrne vs Lee Anderson

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 Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 825 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 789 different votes 825 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
20 Aye 7 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
80 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
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
42 of 48 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
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