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Liam Byrne vs Lillian Jones

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 Lillian Jones
Lillian Jones
Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Lillian Jones voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

309 same votes 2 different votes 311 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
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
67.0%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
204
48.2% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
219
51.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
45
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
55
-109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£167,331
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£167,331
26% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Transport
27 of 32 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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