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Liam Byrne vs Patricia Ferguson

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 Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

333 same votes 2 different votes 335 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
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
21 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.8% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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