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Liam Byrne vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Matt Vickers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 865 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 836 different votes 865 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
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 86 shared votes
49 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 110 shared votes
81 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
78.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,292
1,643 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
618
47.8 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
674
52.2 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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
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