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Liam Byrne vs Margaret Mullane

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 Margaret Mullane
Margaret Mullane
Lab Dagenham and Rainham

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Margaret Mullane voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 7 different votes 371 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
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 71% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
45 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
45 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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 494 of 650
Participation
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
636 eligible divisions
887
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
51.0% of votes cast
716
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
272
49.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
4.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Appearances
11
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
78
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Contributions
13
-153.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£165,025
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£165,025
27% 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
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 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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