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Liam Byrne vs Mr Paul Kohler

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 Paul Kohler
Mr Paul Kohler
LD Wimbledon

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 166 different votes 206 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 38% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
59.7 %
13 % below average
Rank 577 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
575 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
51.6 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
166
48.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.8 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 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
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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