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Liam Byrne vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Paula Barker voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,002 shared comparable votes.

990 same votes 12 different votes 1,002 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
20 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
20 Aye 94 No
71 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
71 Aye 40 No
51 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
51 Aye 49 No
36 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 85% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
20 Aye 94 No
71 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
71 Aye 40 No
51 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
51 Aye 49 No
36 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
1,687 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
86
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Contributions
83
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API