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Liam Byrne vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 961 different votes 1,001 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
26 Aye 1 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 78 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
75 Aye 29 No
89 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 140 shared votes
51 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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