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Liam Byrne vs Mike Wood

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 Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mike Wood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,333 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 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 170 shared votes
57 Aye 113 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
149
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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