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Liam Byrne vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,045 different votes 1,092 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
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 9% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
110 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
54 Aye 112 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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