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Liam Byrne vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 654 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 633 different votes 654 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 2 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
988
1,231 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
497
50.3 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
491
49.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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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