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Liam Byrne vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Nigel Farage voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 91 different votes 100 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
2 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Education 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

46
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Appearances
13
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
63
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649
Contributions
15
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
No topic data
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
No topic data
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
No topic data
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
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
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API