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Liam Byrne vs Paul Holmes

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 Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Paul Holmes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 910 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 873 different votes 910 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
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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